Here’s a really cool video showing the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ops during Red Flag 13-3 currently underway at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada.
Raptors belonging to the 1st FW from Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, can be seen taxiing, taking off and landing at the end of the training sorties with Las Vegas skyline in the background.
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