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Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Maiden flight

First occasion in which an aircraft or rocket leaves the ground under its own power

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets.
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

American stealth air superiority fighter

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but…
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