HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, -- Lt. Col. Robert Buchanan, 301st Fighter Squadron commander, makes his final launch preparations Feb. 16, before taxiing out for a flight. Eight F-22 Raptors were launched as Holloman’s premiere aircraft took to the sky to continue training to maintain combat mission readiness.

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HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, -- Lt. Col. Robert Buchanan, 301st Fighter Squadron commander, makes his final launch preparations Feb. 16, before taxiing out for a flight. Eight F-22 Raptors were launched as Holloman’s premiere aircraft took to the sky to continue training to maintain combat mission readiness.

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