Alaska F-22 Raptors return home from Guam deployment

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --  Active duty and Reserve F-22 pilots, maintenance and support personnel from the active duty 3rd Wing and Reserve 477th Fighter Group will return home this week after being deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam.

Twelve F-22's and nearly 200 support personnel left Alaska in September supporting Pacific Command's Theater Security Package deployment.
This deployment is the first time since January 2011 that the F-22's have been deployed to the region, and is part of a series of rotations that began in 2009. Three F-22

Pacific Air Forces Theater Security Package deployments to the Asia-Pacific region signify a continued commitment to regional stability and security, while allowing units to train in the Pacific theater. F-22's routinely deploy throughout U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility.