F-22 Down in California

**moose135** · 03-25-2009, 03:22 PM

An F-22 Raptor crashed approximately 35 miles northeast of Edwards Air Force Base, California The F-22 was assigned to Edwards' 412th Test Wing, and was on a test flight at the time of the crash. There have been no official reports on the fate of the pilot, however another forum I frequent said unofficial word is that he did not eject from the aircraft.

**moose135** · 03-25-2009, 07:51 PM

Just saw an update on this - the pilot, a contractor working for Lockheed Martin, was killed in the crash.

**PhilDernerJr** · 03-26-2009, 08:18 AM

RIP :(

**nikon50bigma** · 03-26-2009, 07:21 PM

RIP to the pilot.
I remember seeing footage of a couple F-22/YF-22A crashes while it was still in the testing and developmental stages. But I guess is this the first downed F-22 'in service'?