After departing the active runway, Maj. Philip “Stonewall” Johnson, 514th Flight Test Squadron F-22 test pilot, retracts his aircrafts landing gear during a functional check flight from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Mar. 22, 2021. Known as an FCF or Zoom flight, these flights are a performed by 514 FLTS crews to insure that aircraft being repaired or modified by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex meet safety standards and are ready to be returned to squadrons around the world following depot maintenance.

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