Phoenix Rises Oldest F-22A Takes to Skies again

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Phoenix Rises Oldest F-22A Takes to Skies again

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At Edwards Afb on July 17,2018 a milestone was reached when F-22A 91-4006 was taken out of Hangar 1635 and returned to active service with 411Th Flts at Edwards Afb,after being in storage for several years due to budget constraints.A team of Air Force,Boeing and Lockheed-Martin personal spent 25,000 man hours and over 11,000 fixes/parts to get the aircraft updated and back to flying condition,just so you know video is 4:33:

https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Video/videoid/622051/
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