Japanese get first look at Raptor capabilities


	Senior Airman Matthew St. John and Master Sgt. Donald Bishop discuss F-22 Raptor capabilities with Lt. Col. Ichiro Sato and Col. Koji Hirasuka during a press conference Jan. 31 at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Colonels Sato and Hirasuka are Air Defense Attache's with the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.C. Airman St. John is an avionics specialist with the 27th Fighter Squadron. Sergeant Bishop is a low observables specialist with the 1st Equipment Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)

2/2/2007 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Virginia (AFNEWS) -- Japanese media and members of the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.C. visited Langley Air Force Base, Va., Jan. 31 to get a look at the F-22 Raptor before it makes its first overseas deployment to Okinawa.

The visit gave the Japanese a look at the Raptor's capabilities through a presentation and a chance to meet and interview some of the 250 Airmen who will deploy to Japan later this month. Airmen and 12 Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron will spend the next several months supporting coalition operations in the western Pacific.