241 – 2

I wonder if we’ll ever learn more about the circumstances surrounding the 2 F-22s that were “lost” in combat..

High cost may slow Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor

11:14 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 29, 2006

By RICHARD WHITTLE / The Dallas Morning News

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Neighbors of this history-laden airfield are getting used to a new sight: a plane roughly the color and shape of a giant arrowhead that takes off with a throaty roar and disappears in a hurry.

Built partly in Fort Worth, the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-22 Raptor is the Air Force’s newest, fastest, stealthiest and most potent fighter jet. In a two-week exercise in Alaska this June, the Raptors of Langley’s 27th Fighter Squadron racked up a record of 241-2 in mock battles with older U.S. fighters, according to Lt. Col. Wade Tolliver, the squadron’s commander.