Virginia Air National Guard airmen assigned to the 192nd Maintenance Group prepare to launch F-22 Raptor tail #85 April 9, 2021, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The team of maintainers rebuilt the fighter jet after a mishap upon landing in January 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Lucretia Cunningham)
Military.com: More Than a Year After its Landing Gear Collapsed, an F-22 Is Back in the Air
More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, an F-22 Raptor took to the skies for the first time last month thanks to Virginia Air National Guard maintainers.
Airmen from the 192nd Maintenance Group were able to get the fifth-generation jet, tail number 85, up and running for its first flight back April 9, according to a news release. On Jan. 16, 2020, the base announced that there had been an incident involving an F-22 following a routine training flight. Though the pilot was taken to the Langley Air Force Base Hospital for evaluation, there were no injuries.
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Update: VaANG maintainers rebuild F-22 Raptor after collapse on JBLE flight line (DVIDS)
WNU Editor: No mention on how much it cost to repair this F-22. But it took 15 months to do it.
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15 months! This sounds like a weekend job for guardsmen. Our weekend warriors.
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