F-22A Raptor - Guard fighter aircraft transition

Lt. Col. Bryan Turner and Maj. Thomas McAtee fly in formation with Lt. Col. Wade Tolliver during a training mission off the coast of Virginia on Thursday, March 30, 2006. The Virginia Air National Guard is currently transitioning to the new F-22A Raptor and will replace the F-16 Fighting Falcons as early as October 2007. Colonel Turner and Major McAtee are F-16 pilots assigned to the Virginia ANG’s 149th Fighter Squadron at Sandstone, Va. Colonel Tolliver is an F-22A Raptor pilot with the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)