Alaska Raptors pass through Mildenhall

WITH THEIR usual stopover location of Morón Air Base in Spain not accepting transient traffic, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, was the recipient of six F-22A Raptors from the US Air Force’s 525th Fighter Squadron ‘Bulldogs’, part of the Pacific Air Forces’ 3rd Wing. The fighters were returning home to Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson, Alaska, which they reached via a stopover at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The first two jets arrived at Mildenhall on April 19 and departed the next day. Two