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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE -- (AP) -- Five more F/A-22 Raptors landed Friday at this Florida Panhandle base where Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, is among the first pilots being trained to fly the new stealth fighter. The five Raptors arrived from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. plant in Marietta, Ga., a day after all F/A-22s were cleared to resume flying for the first time since a Dec. 20 crash at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The additional planes increased the number of Raptors at Tyndall to 18, more than half of the 33 now in...

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE -- (AP) -- Five more F/A-22 Raptors landed Friday at this Florida Panhandle base where Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, is among the first pilots being trained to fly the new stealth fighter. The five Raptors arrived from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. plant in Marietta, Ga., a day after all F/A-22s were cleared to resume flying for the first time since a Dec. 20 crash at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The additional planes increased the number of Raptors at Tyndall to 18, more than half of the 33 now in...

EDWARDS AFB - It's not every day a four-star general turns up, even at the nation's premier flight test facility. When he does, he's going to get the full tour, from F/A 22 Raptors to the world's most famous flightline to the latest upgrades in the dining facilities. Gen. Gregory S. Martin is chief of the Air Force Materiel Command, the component of the service that provides the research, development, testing and acquisition of the nation's air arsenal. Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson, commander of Edwards, and staff provided a lightning tour for Martin on his first official visit since assuming...