Raptor Rollout

Posted 15 September 2011

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Photo by John Rossino

The last production Lot 9 F-22 Raptor was rolled off the production line at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, on 15 September 2011. This aircraft (Air Force serial number 09-4191) is scheduled for delivery to the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Virginia, in the next few months. Two active duty squadrons, the 27th and 94th Fighter Squadrons, along with an Air National Guard associate unit, the 194th FS, fly the Raptors at Langley. The final F-22 – Raptor 195 – is scheduled to come off the production line later this year.

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