F-22 Raptor involved in ‘accident’ at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport – reports

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An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, takes off from the Air Dominance Center for an air combat exercise at Sentry Savannah May 10, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s largest air base. -air, joint air combat exercise for fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, which tests the capabilities of our warfighters in a simulated environment and trains the next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s battles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erica Webster)

The stealth aircraft was participating in exercise Sentry Savannah when the incident occurred.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor was involved in an unspecified “accident” at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport on May 6, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. LT.

WSAV-TV reported that according to a Georgia Air National Guard spokesperson, the F-22 Raptor was participating in Sentry Savannah around 11:30 a.m. when the incident occurred.

An image on Reddit shows the F-22 apparently sitting on its fuselage with the canopy open, suggesting the pilot was able to exit the plane without ejecting.

No further details have been announced at this time. We will update the story as additional information is released.

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