Sean Frisbee, the F-22 system program manager at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This is why we must create a more economical fighter aircraft, said Col. However, the $143 million price tag per aircraft, along with the current state of the economy and changes in the military requirements for post Cold-War challenges, lead government officials to the decision to officially cease production of the F-22 in 2009. The F-22 combines stealth, advanced sensors and advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons that makes it possible for the aircraft to cruise faster than the speed of sound without being detected. Eight of those jets were built for developmental purposes. It is the 195th F-22 to roll off the line and into the Air Force fleet. 4195 is the culmination of all those successes. "You've delivered 55 zero-defect jets to date, and you have had more than five years of on-time deliveries." "You reduced the labor hours by 300 percent," said Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin's F-22 program manager. Together, the team built the first 5th generation fighter with world-class results. Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics division employs about 2,000 people for the F-22 program at its Marietta facility. "While the Raptor itself is eye-watering, the people on Team Raptor have made the F-22 what it is today," Cooper said. Today we mark a graduation of sorts as we roll the last F-22 off this assembly line and get it ready to go out and defend America. The jet was placed on the assembly line in 1995 and then first rolled out in 1997. It has been a memorable journey, said Shan Cooper, the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company vice president and Marietta site general manager. The fighter jet is the last of 187 F-22s produced, marking a bittersweet moment for members of the F-22 team. Air Force, tail number 4195, rolled off the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics assembly line during a ceremony Dec.
Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS): IMIS enables maintainers to plug their laptop into the jet, log completed maintenance, and plug their computer back into the system to update a global database instantaneously, ensuring proper and complete maintenance records are kept no matter where the F-22 is deployed to on the globe.The final F-22 Raptor to be built for the U.S.
Engine Maintenance: The Pratt & Whitney F119 engines are designed to allow standard flight line maintenance using just six common tools available at commercial hardware stores.
Stealth Coating Repair: About 50% of maintenance performed on the F-22 is related to repairing the low observable stealth coatings that are damaged when the aircraft is opened up for routine maintenance.Modernization Line: The Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base houses the only current F-22 Modernization Line, integrating the latest system capabilities to enhance the Raptor’s asymmetric advantage over adversaries.Reliability and Maintainability Maturation Program (RAMMP): In RAMMP, our team inspects data from the field of operations and engineering solutions to increase aircraft availability for combat.