A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft takes off  at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 6, 2013, during a 14-ship sortie rotation. The 19th and 199th Fighter squadrons launched and recovered a record number of sorties, which is the most executed by these squadrons on a single day since the conversion to the F-22s. The sortie surge took place as the units were being readied to declare full operational capability April 7.
Staff Sgt. Mercedes Crossland
Taken on 6 April 2013
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