The program delivered the final 22 aircraft by spring of 2012. One of the choices made as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget and the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) was to end the production of the Air Force’s F-22 fighter at 187 airplanes instead of procuring the Air Force’s requirement of 381 airplanes. Personnel changes to support the beddown would follow the same sequence as the aircraft beddown. The three operational F-22 squadrons at Tyndall AFB would be under a new, separate wing. At Tyndall AFB, all F-22s for the Operational Wing would be additive to the base since there are no operational F-15C aircraft to drawdown. The EIS analyzed the proposal to beddown the Initial F-22 Operational Wing of 72 F-22 fighters at Langley AFB, Virginia, or at one of four alternative locations (Eglin AFB, Florida Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Mountain Home AFB, Idaho and Tyndall AFB, Florida).Īt Eglin, Elmendorf, and Mountain Home alternative bases, the operational F-15Cs would be replaced with operational F-22s.
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This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) described the potential environmental consequences resulting from the Air Force proposal to beddown the initial three-squadron F-22 Operational Wing at an existing Air Combat Command (ACC) base. Those factors have been included in considering the need to beddown the F-22A Second Operational Wing. Since the November 2001 review, several factors have affected the alternative bases. Six bases were considered and five bases were evaluated in an EIS for the location of the F-22 Initial Operational Wing. In November 2001, the Air Force reviewed active Air Force F-15C squadron bases to identify bases that met the needs for beddown of an F-22A Operational Wing.
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Nellis AFB, NV, was selected as the location for the F-22 Force Development Evaluation program and Weapons School. Two F-22 development aircraft were initially deployed to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where the F-22 Combined Test Force is located. Attrition reserve aircraft serve to replace any aircraft lost through Class A mishaps. Backup aircraft are aircraft assigned to a base to support the operational mission when a primary aircraft is unavailable to fly for any reason. The primary authorization forms the basis for the allocation of operating resources to include manpower, support equipment, and flying-hour funds.