Langley based F-22s headed to Japan

From my friend Hugh Lessig, military reporter at the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia.

The 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base has deployed the F-22 Raptor for the first time.

A dozen of the planes, Hugh reports, left Langley this week to spend four months at Kadena Air Base in Japan.

In Japan, the pilots will train with and against F-15 Eagles based there, plus the Japan Air Self Defense Force and the Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornets.

Check out Hugh's military blog at Hampton Roads Military.