F/A-22 Raptor - Celebrating 100 years of flight

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C.—Lt. Col. Dave Rose flew the Air Force’s new F/A-22 Raptor during a First Flight Centennial Celebration fly-by at the Wright Brothers National Memorial here Dec. 16. Maj. Robert Garland flew an F-15 Eagle from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and joined in formation after Rose’s fly-by. Langley is slotted to be the home of the first operational squadron of F/A-22s by the end of 2004. Rose is from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)