F-22 Raptor / 3rd Fighter Wing Navy and Marine Corps examples remained in use with

examples remained in use with the AF Reserve and ANG as tankers or air-sea search and rescue aircraft

was flown with a retractable tailwheel

Wingspan 17 3/8 inches

Convair Pogo airplane model

A true collector's item

F-22 Raptor / 3rd Fighter Wing Navy and Marine Corps examples remained in use withF 22 Raptor 3rd Fighter Wing airplane model. The F 22 Raptor, developed at Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the replacement for the F 15 Eagle air superiority fighter and will become operational early this century. It combines stealth design with the supersonic, highly maneuverable, dual engine, long range requirements of an air to air fighter, and it also will have an inherent air to ground capability, if needed.