OVER VIRGINIA -- Lt. Col. James Hecker flies over Fort Monroe before delivering the first operational F-22A Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on May 12. This is the first of 26 Raptors to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. The Raptor program is managed by the F-22A System Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Colonel Hecker is the squadron's commander. 
White trails are visible as atmospheric water condenses in the trailing vortices formed behind the vertical tails. Here the vertical tails both generate inward (nearly opposite) force, and are used to increase drag.
Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker, United States Air Force
2005-05-12
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