Hawaii F-22 Raptor Squadrons Launch Sorties (HD) HD

Hawaii F-22 Squadrons Launch Record Number of Sorties. HD Video by Senior Airman Orlando Corpuz | 154th Wing Public Affairs | Date: 04.06.2013. F-22’s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron take off during an early morning 14-ship sortie rotation. The squadrons launched and recovered a record number of sorties which is the most executed by these squadrons on a single day since the conversion to the F-22s. The sortie ‘surge’ took place as the units were being readied to declare Full Operational Capability, April 7. Includes sound bites from Tech Sgt. Russel Mesinas, F22 Crew Chief, 154th MXS. Available in high definition. More military & aviation videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/okrajoe The 199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS) is a unit of the Hawaii Air National Guard 154th Wing located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii. The 199th is equipped with the F-22A Raptor.