F-22 Raptor at Kahului Airport
Recently, I took a short jaunt to Maui. By short, I mean I left in the morning and returned at lunchtime and the only place I visited was Kahului Airport. However, while I was there I did get to see this F-22 Raptor make three low-level passes of the airport.
I happened to be outside when it made its first pass. By the time it returned, people had spilled out of offices and workshops, phones pointed at the sky, as it zipped by. And it did zip by. Compared to the rest of the action – commercial planes lumbering in to land, light aircraft wobbling through the wind, helicopters scooting up and around and away – the F-22 was a flash of noise and action.
The F-22 Raptor entered service in the United States Air Force (USAF) in 2005 and the last plane was delivered to the USAF in 2012. It has since been largely supplanted by the F-35 which is considered to be cheaper (relatively speaking) and more flexible.
Brilliant shot Graham! I love it when fighter jets do their runs in the area; the sound and speed of these things is unmistakable. We’re used to slow commercial jets. Then these LOUD jets whiz by. Rocking picture, super blog!
Ryan
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Thanks Ryan. It was pure chance that I was there at the right time. I liked how, after the first pass, more and more people made there way out of workshops and offices to take a look.
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