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Eight F-22 Raptors and 132 Airmen deployed from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, to Tyndall AFB, Florida, in February to participate in Combat Archer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program exercise. This deployment was the first for members of the 3rd Wing and Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group, the Reserve Associate unit at the base near Anchorage. Combat Archer evaluates an operational fighter squadron’s readiness for combat operations by assessing all phases of its combat operations from weapons loading, to aircraft performance, to aircrew performance. The exercise, unique to the Air Force, is the only test or evaluation program that uses operational aircrews, maintainers, aircraft, and weapons.
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