USAF Photos of the Day: Don't Mess With The U.S.

United States Air Force ^ | July 2, 2010 and July 9, 2010 | USAF SrA. Gustavo Gonzalez

[EnjoyingLife]

Photo No. 1: USAF Lt. Col. Christopher Faurot, Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron commander, flying a USAF F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 2 July 2010
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Photo No. 2: USAF Lt. Col. Christopher Faurot> en route to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 2 July 2010
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Photo No. 3: The F-22 Arrival Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, United States of America, on 9 July 2010.
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The Photographer
Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez, United States Air Force  

Food For Thought 
From the July 10, 2010 article "Raptors find new home with Hawaii Air Guard" by William Cole  
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20100710_raptors_find_new_home_with_hawaii_air_guard.html  

Lt. Col. Christopher Faurot . . . flew one of the single-seat F-22s out from Hill Air Force Base in Utah, where the approximately 7-year-old jets were receiving maintenance. Lt. Col. Harvey Newton, who commands the active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron, flew the other plane into Hawaii. The planes arrived July 2 [2010] and on Wednesday [7 July 2010]. Faurot . . . said the six-hour flight required seven air refuelings with lots of "straight and level flying" and reduced speed so the fighters would not outpace refueling tankers. Newton . . . likened the F-22 to driving a Lamborghini while other nations tool around in clunkers. "We always want to have an advantage over our enemy, so what this F-22 gives us is an ability to take the fight to the enemy and reach out and touch him where he is at before he even knows we are there," Faurot said. 

[Victor]

Thanks for posting. These birds are beautiful.

[Rebelbase]

The canopy in the second photo suggests a Terminator quality.

[moovova]

Thanks for my new Desktop Background photo...the head-on, blue sky one.

[baddog 219]

Obama will soon replace them with....Kites.

[Ronin]

They sure are...

But I would be much more comfortable if we had more of them.

[duckworth]

Ha ha. Me too. Even before I read the posts!

[moovova]

I had to shuffle a few desktop icons around...didn’t want an icon getting pulled into the intakes!

[Victor]

"...But I would be much more comfortable if we had more of them...."

Me too. I am in need of patience; let's hope together that the next POTUS understands this....

[Ronin]

I have Photo No. 2 set as my desktop.

Awesome birdy.