Incredible Images Of A Stripped-Down F-22 Raptor Being Rebuilt After A Belly Landing

A low-quality picture of 07-4146 on its belly at Fallon in 2018. Anonymous contributor  

Warzone/The Drive: Incredible Images Of A Stripped-Down F-22 Raptor Being Rebuilt After A Belly Landing  

The F-22 is set to return to service in early 2022, nearly four years after a botched takeoff. 

The U.S. Air Force says it is hopefully just months away from completing what will be a nearly four-year-long effort to return a seriously damaged F-22 Raptor stealth fighter to service. In highlighting this intensive repair effort, and the airmen behind it, the service has offered a look at the innards of a Raptor unlike any we have seen in the past. 

The public affairs office at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, in Alaska released the new details about the work that has gone into restoring 07-4146 on Dec. 21, 2021. This base is home to the 3rd Wing. This Raptor, which has the serial number 07-4146, went skidding along the runway on its belly at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada after a botched takeoff attempt in April 2018. It was one of four jets from the 3rd Fighter Wing's 90th Fighter Squadron that had deployed to Fallon to support a graduation exercise for the U.S. Navy's famous Topgun fighter pilot training program.  

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WNU Editor: Considering how valuable each F-22 is. This massive effort to repair one is no surprise.

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