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OVER VIRGINIA -- Lt. Col. James Hecker flies over Fort Monroe before delivering the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on May 12. This is the first of 26 Raptors to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. The Raptor program is managed by the F/A-22 System Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Colonel Hecker is the squadron's commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)

The Air Force’s F-22 fighter jet this week saw its first combat action nearly nine years after initial operational capability was declared. The Defense Department said Tuesday the F-22 deployed Global Positioning System- (GPS) guided munitions during Monday strikes against the terrorist group known as ISIL in Syria. The F-22 is capable of carrying two 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) from internal weapons bays in its air-to-ground configuration, according to an Air Force fact sheet. DoD spokeswoman Cmdr.…

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