Hawaii F-22 Raptors participate in Red Flag

Maintainers deployed from the 15th Wing and 154th Wing, Air National Guard, perform maintenance checks on F-22 Raptors at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The crews and aircraft were deployed in support of Red Flag 13-2 from 21 Jan. through 1 Feb. A total force team comprised of F-22 Raptors, active duty and Hawaii Air National Guard personnel successfully completed the Hawaiian Raptors first over-water deployment. (Courtesy photo/Ervin Booker)

Hawaii F-22 Raptors participate in Red Flag

Maintainers deployed from the 15th Wing and 154th Wing, Air National Guard, conduct a foreign object debris walk on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The crews and aircraft were deployed in support of Red Flag 13-2 from 21 Jan. through 1 Feb. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise that spans two weeks and is held at Nellis or Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The exercises host air crews from various U.S. and allied military units and air frames. (Courtesy photo/Ervin Booker)

Hawaii F-22 Raptors participate in Red Flag

Col. John Roscoe, 15th Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Braden Sakai, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, commander, and his wife, along with Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, state adjutant general, welcome maintainers from the 15th Wing and 154th Wing, Air National Guard, back from Red Flag 13-2 on Feb. 2, 2013. An integrated team of 152 active duty, HIANG and contracted personnel contributed to the successful completion of the two-week Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of the Hawaiian Raptor’s first over-water deployment. (Air National Guard photo/Senior Master Sgt. Kristen M. Stanley)

Hawaii F-22 Raptors participate in Red Flag

Col. John Roscoe, 15th Wing commander, along with Brig. Gen. Braden Sakai, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, commander and his wife, welcome Tech. Sgt. Jay Nishimura, 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-22 avionics systems specialist, back from Red Flag 13-2 on Feb. 2, 2013. Nishimura, in addition to 151 other integrated active duty, HIANG and contracted personnel, contributed to the successful completion of the two-week long Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of the Hawaiian Raptor’s first over-water deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Terri Barriere)

Wild blue yonder

An F-22 Raptor from the Hawaii Air National Guard conducts training over the Pacific near the Hawaiian island of Oahu, March 22, 2012. The Raptors are assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, HIANG, and the 19th FS, 15th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Mike Meares/Released)

Wild blue yonder

Airmen from the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, perform routine post-flight maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker after an air refueling mission March 22, 2012, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo.Staff Sgt. Mike Meares/Released)