highsea

Good grief, no! The first "serial production" Raptor was #4001. Delivered in 1997. The first 40 AC were designated test and eval platforms, these are split between Tyndall and Nellis. Don't think that these are not operational AC, they are. They just won't enter combat service. 4001 is already retired! These are the planes that are used to develop the tactics and train the maintainers.

From 4041 on, the AC will go to operational squadrons. There are some 70 total F-22's built, and ALL of them can go to war if necessary. 4041 was the first one that will go into combat service, and it rolled out in Oct. 2004.

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