An F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker over Iwo Jima Feb. 18 while en route to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. This was the first-ever overseas deployment of the F-22. F-22s from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., are deployed to Kadena AB as part of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (

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An F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker over Iwo Jima Feb. 18 while en route to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. This was the first-ever overseas deployment of the F-22. F-22s from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., are deployed to Kadena AB as part of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (

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