[Prophet in the wilderness]

I can only guess that they would also have the new first operational ready F - 22 in the mix of things over there to ?
Or would they not risk using the F-22 over there because they have only a few that are operational ready ?

[ProudVet77]

Most of the F-22s are in the hands of the experts who develop tactics for A2A combat in Tyndall Air Force Base. They are experimenting in the best way to defeat an enemy with the F-22.
The first squadron is due to be in Langly AFB VA soon, several planes are already there. I suspect that until they have a whole squadron (12-15 planes) there they would technically not be operation, but I think they will have that many by June/July.
The second squadron is destined for Elmendorf AK and last I read it was supposed to happen by Dec of this year. That is just around the corner from NK. I seem to recall I saw someplace that like about 50 F-22s were built already, and that now the production facility was going to go into high gear. That would be about 4+/month.
The F-22 is not critical to an NK operation, but would be in protecting Taiwan, and some other types of operations.