Raptor enters IOC, goes from F/A-22 to F-22A
NAME CHANGE: The U.S. Air Force's Raptor fighter has been declared to have reached initial operational capability, and has gotten a name change to boot. The former F/A-22 Raptor now is the F-22A Raptor, aircraft builder Lockheed Martin says. The F-22 was renamed the F/A-22 in 2002 to show that it...
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