Air Force Half-a-Billion On the Wing Sept. 26, 2012 Share Read Later Air Force photo / MSgt. Jeremy T. LockThe Air Force’s two fifth-generation fighters – the F-22 Raptor (foreground) and the F-35 Lighting II -- flew together for the first time Sept. 19, according to Eglin Air Force Base. The pair of fighters is shown flying over the northwestern coast of Florida.