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Boeing Opens Maintenance Schoolhouse For F-22 Stealth Fighter Jet

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

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Boeing [BA], together with the Air Force and industry partners, last week opened a state-of-the-art facility at Sheppard AFB, Texas, to train incoming airmen that will maintain the service's F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet. The Boeing-designed facility, which stood up Oct. 19, will offer a realistic training environment for future Raptor maintainers, the Chicago-based company said yesterday in a statement. "Activating the training center at Sheppard has been a totally collaborative effort," said Pam Valdez, Boeing's director of F-22 Sustainment.…

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