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F-22s deploy with active-duty, reserve airmen

By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Feb 22, 2008 17:03:10 EST
   
The Air Force put its total force concept to the test with its most sophisticated fighter jet earlier this month in a deployment of eight F-22s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, that was staffed by 132 active-duty and reserve airmen.

The deployment to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for the Combat Archer exercise Feb. 2-17 was the first time Raptors have deployed with a mixed crew from active-duty and reserve units, according to a Pacific Air Forces press release.

The deployment featured airmen from the 3rd Wing, an active-duty unit, and the 477th Fighter Group, a reserve associate unit that activated in October 2007 to support the 3rd Wing, according to the press release.

This was just the second deployment for the F-22 Raptor; the first was a deployment last year of 12 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base, Va., to Kadena Air Base, Japan.

Combat Archer is an assessment of operational fighter squadrons’ readiness for combat operations. It evaluates all phases of combat operations from weapons loading to aircraft and aircrew performance.

It also allows pilots to fire their weapons at aerial targets.

“Fourteen out of 16 of our missiles … passed within the lethal radius or hit the [target] drone,” Maj. David Piffarerio, project officer for Combat Archer, said in the press release.

The F-22 has reached several milestones recently. The first F-22s arrived at Elmendorf in May 2007, and a second F-22 squadron at the base was activated in October. The Raptor had its first intercept of unknown aircraft in November when two Raptors scrambled from Elmendorf to greet two Russian Bear-H bombers that had wandered near Alaskan airspace. The F-22 reached full operational capability in December when units from Langley fulfilled all operational requirements.

美太平洋空军F-22战斗机参加“战斗射手”演练

    为了检验美空军整体部队概念，太空司驻埃尔门多夫基地8架F-22战斗机本月赴廷德尔基地参加“战斗射手”演练。该演练旨在检验具备实战能力的战斗机中队战备水平，包括实战中从武器挂载到对空实弹打靶在内所有科目。此次演练从2月2日到17日在廷德尔基地举行，是首次由现役和预备役人员混合编成的F-22战斗机部队远征部署。参训部队由现役第3联队和后备役第477战斗机大队组成，后者于2007年10月为协助前者而组建。阿拉斯加埃尔们多夫基地于2007年5月接受了首批F-22战斗机，并于10月份组建了空军第2支该型战斗机中队，11月份首次对俄空军战略轰炸机进行拦截监视，12月份正式宣布具备全面作战能力。此次部署为美空军F-22战斗机第2次远征部署，2007年兰利基地12架该型战斗机首次远征部署到日本嘉手纳基地。F-22s deploy with active-duty, reserve airmen

By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Feb 22, 2008 17:03:10 EST
   
The Air Force put its total force concept to the test with its most sophisticated fighter jet earlier this month in a deployment of eight F-22s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, that was staffed by 132 active-duty and reserve airmen.

The deployment to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for the Combat Archer exercise Feb. 2-17 was the first time Raptors have deployed with a mixed crew from active-duty and reserve units, according to a Pacific Air Forces press release.

The deployment featured airmen from the 3rd Wing, an active-duty unit, and the 477th Fighter Group, a reserve associate unit that activated in October 2007 to support the 3rd Wing, according to the press release.

This was just the second deployment for the F-22 Raptor; the first was a deployment last year of 12 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base, Va., to Kadena Air Base, Japan.

Combat Archer is an assessment of operational fighter squadrons’ readiness for combat operations. It evaluates all phases of combat operations from weapons loading to aircraft and aircrew performance.

It also allows pilots to fire their weapons at aerial targets.

“Fourteen out of 16 of our missiles … passed within the lethal radius or hit the [target] drone,” Maj. David Piffarerio, project officer for Combat Archer, said in the press release.

The F-22 has reached several milestones recently. The first F-22s arrived at Elmendorf in May 2007, and a second F-22 squadron at the base was activated in October. The Raptor had its first intercept of unknown aircraft in November when two Raptors scrambled from Elmendorf to greet two Russian Bear-H bombers that had wandered near Alaskan airspace. The F-22 reached full operational capability in December when units from Langley fulfilled all operational requirements.

美太平洋空军F-22战斗机参加“战斗射手”演练

    为了检验美空军整体部队概念，太空司驻埃尔门多夫基地8架F-22战斗机本月赴廷德尔基地参加“战斗射手”演练。该演练旨在检验具备实战能力的战斗机中队战备水平，包括实战中从武器挂载到对空实弹打靶在内所有科目。此次演练从2月2日到17日在廷德尔基地举行，是首次由现役和预备役人员混合编成的F-22战斗机部队远征部署。参训部队由现役第3联队和后备役第477战斗机大队组成，后者于2007年10月为协助前者而组建。阿拉斯加埃尔们多夫基地于2007年5月接受了首批F-22战斗机，并于10月份组建了空军第2支该型战斗机中队，11月份首次对俄空军战略轰炸机进行拦截监视，12月份正式宣布具备全面作战能力。此次部署为美空军F-22战斗机第2次远征部署，2007年兰利基地12架该型战斗机首次远征部署到日本嘉手纳基地。