Raptor Resurrected: USAF F-22A involved in 2018 mishap returns to flight

Five years after a failed take-off at NAS Fallon in Nevada left Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor (serial 07-146) – assigned to the USAF’s 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska – in a critical condition, the fifth-generation air superiority fighter has returned to the skies after a lengthy restoration and rebuilding process. The aircraft suffered extensive damage after it failed to take-off from NAS Fallon during a TOPGUN graduation exercise on April 13, 2018. A report from the USAF’s