F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade

F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade

(EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of
Public Affairs

Release No. 0601046 Jun 1, 2004

F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. - The F/A-22 Raptor will make a flyby appearance
at the cadet graduation parade today.

The graduation parade is the final cadet parade before graduation,
scheduled for June 2.

Academy graduate, Lt. Col. Dawn Dunlop, will be at the controls of the
F/A-22. A 1988 graduate, Lt. Col. Dunlop is a test pilot and squadron
operations officer at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., with nearly 100
hours of flying time in the Raptor.

Accompanying the F/A-22 will be an F-16 chase/photo aircraft flown by
Maj. Evan Dertien, 1993 graduate, an F/A-22 test pilot with 65 flying
hours in the Raptor.

The parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. MDT at the Stillman Parade Field.
The event is free and open to the public; tickets are not required.

Prior to flying over the parade area, the aircraft will be in a
holding pattern over the Garden of the Gods area from about 9:35 to
10:20 a.m.

About 15 minutes after the parade is finished, the F/A-22 Raptor and
F-16 will pass over the cadet area from north to south to complete a
photo mission.

-30- U.S. Air Force lists at

https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm

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Otis Willie
Associate Librarian
The American War Library
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