Guard Noble Eagle Flight

The 192nd Fighter Wing, the Air National Guard Associate unit at Langley AFB, Virginia, recently flew its first F-22 mission in support of Operation Noble Eagle, the military operations related to homeland security initiated after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. The 192nd FW's 149th Fighter Squadron flies Raptor aircraft assigned to the active duty 1st Fighter Wing at Langley. The 1st FW and 192nd FW combined in October 2007 under the Total Force Initiative, which made the 192nd the first Air Guard unit to fly the F-22. The 1st FW's 27th FS flew the first active duty F-22 Operation Noble Eagle mission in January 2007.