The Air Force plans in January 2009 to deploy 24 F-22 Raptors to locations in the Pacific region. Air Combat Command will dispatch 12 F-22s and some 500 airmen from Langley AFB, Va., to Kadena AB, Japan, on the island of Okinawa, and Pacific Air Forces will send another 12 Raptors from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, to Andersen AFB, Guam. The F-22 packages are expected to remain in the Pacific for three months. The newly formed F-22 force at Elmendorf first deployed to Andersen in summer 2008. A contingent of F-22s from Langley deployed to Okinawa in early 2007. (Langley report; PACAF report)
Has China’s Secret H-20 Stealth Bomber Broken Cover?
Jan. 6, 2025
China may be flying its new H-20 stealth bomber, possibly seen in new imagery circulating on Chinese social media. If the imagery is authentic, the aircraft is not the expected flying wing but has large tail control surfaces.