Five Elmendorf AFB F-22 Raptor Depart RAF Lakenheath | Quick Climb & Emergency | 09/12/22

Six AK tail F-22 Raptors from the Elmendorf Air Force Base were due to depart from RAF Lakenheath. The F-22s had callsigns 'Cube' and they would meet up with callsigns 'Bobby 71, Bobby 72 and Bobby 73', the callsigns for the three KC135 tankers to assist their homeward journey.

However, things did not go to plan as one of the F-22s called a 'Red Ball'. A R'ed Ball' is any maintenance issue that comes up prior to an aircraft launch or during flight.did not even depart. Callsigns Cube 21-24 did manage to depart but about 20 minutes into the flight, Cube 21 had a generator failure and had to RTB and carry out an emergency landing. The F22 arrived and landed safely and the pilot was unharmed. I believe one of the KC135s 'Bobby73' had an issue whilst airborne.

Once Cube 21 arrived safely, Cube 25 requested a 'Quick Climb'...ooooohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh! And what an amazing Quick Climb it was!

The F-22 Raptors are part of the 3rd Wing and is identified by the tail code 'AK'. The 3rd Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Eleventh Air Force. It is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

The Wing is the largest and principal unit within 11th Air Force. A composite organization, it provides air supremacy, surveillance, worldwide airlift, and agile combat support forces to project power and reach. As the host unit at Elmendorf, the 3rd Wing also maintains the installation for force staging and throughput operations for worldwide U.S. DOD short-notice deployments, and provides medical care for all forces in Alaska.

The wing's 3rd Operations Group is a direct descendant of the 3rd Attack Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. The Wing performed reconnaissance and interdiction combat missions from Iwakuni Air Base, Japan, at the beginning of the Korean War.

During the Vietnam War, the wing moved in November 1965 to Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, a forward operating base, which frequently came under enemy mortar and rocket fire. Missions included close air support, counterinsurgency, forward air control, interdiction, and radar-controlled bombing. Supported numerous ground operations with strike missions against enemy fortifications, supply areas, lines of communication and personnel, in addition to suppressing fire in landing areas.

Today, the 3rd Wing trains and equips an Air Expeditionary Force lead wing composed of more than 6,000 Airmen and E-3G, C-17 and of course, the F-22A aircraft.


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