Politics & Government

First Flight for Last Raptor

The fighter jet is the last of 187 F-22s produced.

The final Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor took to the skies for its first test flight in Marietta Wednesday with company test pilot, Bret Luedke at the controls.

Raptor 4195 has a May delivery date and will join other F-22s in the U.S. Air Force’s 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

The , tail number 4195, rolled off the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics assembly line at ceremony at the company's plant in December.

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The fighter jet is the last of 187 F-22s produced.


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