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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron fly in formation over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 16, 2010. The NTTR is the U.S. Air Force’s premier military test and training facility with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. With 1,900 possible targets, realistic threat systems and the support of an opposing enemy force from Nellis Air Force Base, the NTTR provides the combat air force with a "peacetime battlefield" that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world . (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Weapons School soars over Grand Canyon

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron fly in formation over the Grand Canyon July 16, 2010. The 433rd WPS is the only Weapons School squadron that operates two different types of aircraft. The Weapons School began in the late 1940s as the U.S. Air Force Gunnery School and teaches graduate-level instructor courses, providing the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Weapons School soars over Grand Canyon

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Weapons School soars over NTTR

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron pull into a vertical climb over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 16, 2010. The NTTR is the U.S. Air Force’s premier military test and training facility with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. With 1,900 possible targets, realistic threat systems and the support of an opposing enemy force from Nellis Air Force Base, the NTTR provides the combat air force with a "peacetime battlefield" that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. The Weapons School began in the late 1940s as the U.S. Air Force Gunnery School and teaches graduate-level instructor courses, providing the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Raptor, Eagle soar over Air Force's 'peactime battlefield'

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron pull into a vertical climb over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 16, 2010. The NTTR is the U.S. Air Force’s premier military test and training facility with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. With 1,900 possible targets, realistic threat systems and the support of an opposing enemy force from Nellis Air Force Base, the NTTR provides the combat air force with a "peacetime battlefield" that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world . (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Raptor and Eagle soar over Grand Canyon

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron fly in formation over the Grand Canyon, July 16, 2010.The Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Raptor and Eagle soar high over Nevada

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--An F-22A Raptor and F-15C Eagle from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 433rd Weapons Squadron fly in formation over Lake Mead, Nev., July 16, 2010. The Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment (U.S. Air Force photo bu Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Red Flag concludes

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.—An F-15S from the Royal Saudi air force waits for an F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va., to taxi onto the runway during Red Flag exercise 08-2.2 here Feb. 12. Red Flag is a multi-national exercise providing pilots with a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios. The experience gained during Red Flag is vital to the survival of pilots in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Whitney)

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New Weapons School "Raptor"

Maj. Micah Fesler, a 433rd Weapons Squadron pilot, flies an F-22A “Raptor” from a Lockheed-Martin factory in Georgia to Nellis AFB, Jan. 9. This Raptor is the first to be delivered to the 57th Wing from Lockheed-Martin, and is scheduled to be used by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School for training of PhD-level instructor pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phil Landram)

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New Weapons School "Raptor"

Maj. Micah Fesler, a 433rd Weapons Squadron pilot, maneuvers an F-22A “Raptor” toward the boom of a KC-135R from the 509th Weapons Squadron during a refueling operation en route here, Jan. 9. This Raptor is the first to be delivered to the 57th Wing from Lockheed-Martin, and is scheduled to be used by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School for training of PhD-level instructor pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phil Landram)

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New Weapons School "Raptor"

Maj. Micah Fesler, a 433rd Weapons Squadron pilot, flies an F-22A “Raptor” from the Lockheed-Martin factory in Georgia to Nellis AFB, Jan. 9. This Raptor is the first to be delivered to the 57th Wing from Lockheed-Martin, and is scheduled to be used by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School for training of PhD-level instructor pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phil Landram)

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F-22 Raptors rule Red Flag

An F-22 Raptor takes on fuel from a KC-135 aerial tanker during the Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in February 2007. The Raptors, from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., took part in Red Flag for the first time. Red Flag trains U.S. and allied aircrews in an extremely realistic combat environment. (Photo courtesy Paul Ridgway)

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Stealth aircraft at Nellis for Red Flag

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., lands at Nellis after a Red Flag mission Feb. 12, 2007. The F-22s are making their first appearance in Red Flag, along with veteran stealth aircraft F-117 Nighthawk fighters and B-2 Spirit bombers. Red Flag sharpens aircrews’ war-fighting skills in realistic combat situations. Crews are flying missions during the day and night to the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range where they take part in highly realistic aerial combat. The U.S. Air Force and Navy, along with Australia and the United Kingdom, are participating in February's Red Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Estrada)

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