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Operators

* 43rd Fighter Squadron (Air Education and Training Command)- The first USAF squadron to operate F-22As at Tyndall AFB, Florida. The 43rd was re-established at Tyndall in 2002, and, in 2003, with a corps of 15 Raptor Instructor Pilots, began training student Raptor pilots for the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Virginia. The 43rd continues to produce new Raptor pilots, and will continually serve as the focal point for all F-22 training of combat USAF Raptor pilots and maintainers.
* 422 Test and Evaluation Squadron, which is responsible for tactics development and evaluation for the F-22.
* 412th Test Squadron, which continues to fly developmental tests of F-22 enhancements and modernization.
* 1st Operations Group (Air Combat Command), Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
o 27th Fighter Squadron - The first deployable F-22 unit in December 2005 after receiving sufficient numbers of trained Raptor pilots and flew the first F-22A operational mission (January 2006 in support of Operation Noble Eagle). They will be deploying to Kadena Air Base with a compliment of 250 Airmen and 12 F-22s.[28]
o 94th Fighter Squadron - full compliment as of January 19, 2007.[29]

Future squadrons will include:

* 90th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
* 199th Fighter Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
* 531st Fighter Squadron, Holloman AFB, New Mexico