F-22s Operate From Tinian For First Time, Showcasing Agility

Brian Everstine March 09, 2023

An F-22 lands at Tinian International Airport on March 2.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force recently deployed F-22s to a tiny, bare base in the Pacific for the first in a significant demonstration of its new agile operating concept, and to send a message to the region that it can set up air superiority quickly and with limited logistics support. Four F...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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