Two military construction projects are underway to support the newly-established F-22 FTU in Virginia.Ī groundbreaking ceremony was held last year to build a low-observable composite repair site. “We’re going to train pilots, who just got their wings, how to employ the F-22 in our squadron, and then we’ll send them out to their combat units. “We’re bringing the training mission of the F-22 here,” 71st Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. A US Air Force F-22 Raptor flies above Southwest Asia during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Aug. In 2021, the air force signed a Record of Decision to transfer the F-22 training operations to Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
The initiative ran at Tyndall and was temporarily relocated to Eglin due to damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018. The acceptance is part of a program seeking to integrate 30 Raptors into the US Air Force’s F-22 Formal Training Unit (FTU). The handover follows the delivery of the jets to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida earlier this week. The US Air Force’s 71st Fighter Squadron has received its first two F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.
