darkblueworld's gallery : photos : Air Force photos : Lt Col James Hecker, the 27th Fighter Squadron commander, delivers the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia May 12, 2005. Tail number 3042 marks the first of 26 "Raptors" to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. Capt David Elliot and Maj Charles Corcoran, pilots assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron, accompanied the "Raptor" during its delivery. (USAF Photo by TSgt Ben Bloker)

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darkblueworld > Some of the results of flying through battle that the public doesn't see.

The OH-58 in this PowerPoint Presentation takes a lickin' and kept on tickin'!

Here's one of our OH-58D Combat Scouts from Iraq.

Needless to say they got into a little hostile territory.

This OH-58 took hundreds of rounds and yet returned its crew back to base, including direct hits into the engine, transmission, control systems, avionics, flight computers, and both main and tail rotor.

The 2-man crew sustained multiple injuries, but survived.

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darkblueworld > Lt Col James Hecker, the 27th Fighter Squadron commander, delivers the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia May 12, 2005. Tail number 3042 marks the first of 26 "Raptors" to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. Capt David Elliot and Maj Charles Corcoran, pilots assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron, accompanied the "Raptor" during its delivery.
(USAF Photo by TSgt Ben Bloker)

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Lt Col James Hecker, the 27th Fighter Squadron commander, delivers the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia May 12, 2005. Tail number 3042 marks the first of 26 "Raptors" to be delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron. Capt David Elliot and Maj Charles Corcoran, pilots assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron, accompanied the "Raptor" during its delivery.
(USAF Photo by TSgt Ben Bloker)