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.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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