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About the coolest thing today for a typical Monday...
During lunch, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning that were here for the Airshow Saturday and yesterday, took off heading back to Virginia. A lot of the flightline squadrons’ maintenance folks knew they were leaving during lunch and three/four dozen mechanics walked out near the flightline apron to watch ‘em get up and go. They did a few back and forth high speed, and I mean hauling ass passes. Last pass they both tipped their left wings to us...kicked those afterburners in, and went vertical damn near outta sight in a matter of seconds...rolled their aircraft over, and headed north.
Two bad ass aircraft!
During lunch, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning that were here for the Airshow Saturday and yesterday, took off heading back to Virginia. A lot of the flightline squadrons’ maintenance folks knew they were leaving during lunch and three/four dozen mechanics walked out near the flightline apron to watch ‘em get up and go. They did a few back and forth high speed, and I mean hauling ass passes. Last pass they both tipped their left wings to us...kicked those afterburners in, and went vertical damn near outta sight in a matter of seconds...rolled their aircraft over, and headed north.
Two bad ass aircraft!