F-22 Raptors fly in formation. The Air Force's first four pilots to go directly to the F-22 without previous fighter experience are currently training at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., in preparation for taking on the F-22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)

Pentagon deploys a dozen F-22s to Japan amid rising tension with N. Korea

(NationalSecurity.news) The Air Force has sent 12 F-22s from the 525th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Yokota airbase near Tokyo, The Aviationist reported last week, in what appears to be an effort by the Pentagon to bolster U.S. military capacity in the region as tensions rise with North Korea and China. In addition Read More