Tyndall sets up F-22 training over NOLA

With resources for training on the sequestration down-low, but in the face of high demand, combat pilots and maintenance personnel members from Tyndall Air Force Base's 43rd Fighter Squadron and 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit in Northwest Florida have formed a real-world training mission at Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans through the end of August. Its purpose is to maximize flying and air combat training for six F-22 student-pilots and accomplish 40 syllabus training units over eight days. At the end of the training, the F-22 Raptor pilots will be ahead of their proposed timeline getting orders to operational units, says Lt. Col. Travis Koch, 43rd FS commander. Source: Tyndall AFB, Aug. 16, 2013