IRONMEN' REACTIVATE AS USAF'S NEW F-22A TRAINERS

摘要

TO PREPARE for the relocation of the F-22A Formal Training Unit (FTU) mission from Florida to Virginia, the USAF's Air Combat Command reactivated the 71st Fighter Squadron (FS) under the 1st Fighter Wing/Operations Group (FW/OG) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton on January 6. Known as the 'Ironmen', the unit had been assigned to the wing under the 71st Fighter Training Squadron designation from August 14, 2015-November 12, 2021, when its T-38A Talons were reassigned to the then-recently reactivated 7th Fighter Training Squadron. The 71st FS had flown F-15C Eagles as part of the 1st OG until it was deactivated on September 30, 2010.