Joint Base Langley–Eustis – The Aviationist

A Highly-Modified Boeing 757 Pivotal To Enhance The F-22 Raptor 5th Generation Stealth Aircraft

May 30, 2017 David Cenciotti 0

The Flying Test Bed routinely flies with real F-22 Raptors both at Edwards and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in order to gain an early look at F-22 mission software. N757A is a highly modified […]

Atlantic Trident 17 brought together in type and capability the most formidable combination of fighter aircraft ever assembled.

May 1, 2017 Todd Miller 12

Atlantic Trident 17 Drives a Higher Level of Integration. The exercise held April 12 – 28 at Joint Base Langley-Eustice (JBLE) included a “Blue Air” force of USAF F-22 Raptors of the 1st Fighter Wing […]

This photo shows 13 F-22 Raptors squeezed into the NASA Langley Research Center hangar for Hurricane protection

September 11, 2016 David Cenciotti 11

13 F-22 Raptors and 9 other aircraft found a shelter in the NASA hangar at Langley. The image above was posted by the Commander of the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. It shows […]

F-22 with historic Maloney’s Pony insignia has been the first Raptor to go into combat in Syria

January 26, 2016 Dario Leone 13

Some images of Maloney’s Pony, the legendary insignia of first combat F-22 Raptor. A very special F-22 belonging to the 27th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia visited the 411th Fighter Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force […]

Rare insight into F-22 Raptor vs T-38 Talon aerial combat training at Langley

November 26, 2014 Todd Miller 21

This is how F-22 fighter pilots train to improve their air-to-air skills. The venerable T-38 Talon which first flew in 1959 (production ceased in 1972) has found new life as an adversary aircraft used to […]