Florida Air Base Hangar Turns Into A Raptor's Nest As F-22s Take Refuge From Alberto - raptors nest.jpg

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Tropical storm Alberto has the panhandle of Florida in its sights as it is
forecasted to make landfall on Memorial Day. That region is packed with American
airpower, with NAS Pensacola, Eglin AFB, Tyndall AFB, and Hurlburt Field packed
into a 100-mile arch. But being that it's the Gulf Coast, all of those bases
have intricate, multi-tier contingency plans for quickly readying for the worst
weather disasters mother nature has to offer. This time around, many of the
highly prized F-22 Raptors belonging to 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB are
taking cover in a massive hangar on the installation.

Stuffed inside that single hangar are 15 F-22s—roughly eight percent of the
entire F-22 fleet—valued between about $3B and $5B depending on who you ask.
Along with the F-22s are five gloss-black T-38A Talon trainers belonging to the
2nd Fighter Training Squadron.

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During more severe storms, any aircraft that can fly away to safer locales
usually do. This can include sending the vast majority of an air base's
inventory into the air in a very short period of time and executing on all the
logistics that are required to support them and their aircrews at their
temporary home. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Hermine sent Raptors of
Langley AFB's 1st Fighter Wing scurrying, resulting in some awesome images.





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