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Lockheed continues F-22 support

An F-22 Raptor aircraft peels away to land while an F-15 Eagle aircraft flies the approach at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on July 16, 2010. The aircraft are from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, 433rd Weapons Squadron. UPI/Kevin J. Gruenwald/U.S. Air Force
An F-22 Raptor aircraft peels away to land while an F-15 Eagle aircraft flies the approach at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on July 16, 2010. The aircraft are from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, 433rd Weapons Squadron. UPI/Kevin J. Gruenwald/U.S. Air Force | License Photo

MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a $726.6 million contract modification for F-22 Raptor weapon systems sustainment.

The modification is for the 2011 Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor contract that was initially awarded to Lockheed in 2008.

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FASTeR is a performance-based logistics contract providing weapon systems sustainment of the F-22 fleet at all operational bases for the 2011 calendar year.

Included in that sustainment are training systems, customer support, integrated support planning, supply chain management, aircraft modifications and heavy maintenance, sustained engineering, support products and systems engineering.

"The Raptor is one of the U.S. Air Force's most highly deployed aircraft by fleet percentage and ensures that the United States and its allies can control the skies and access heavily defended theaters," said Scott Gray, vice president of sustainment for Lockheed Martin's F-22 Program. "We work in close partnership with the Air Force to sustain the Raptor and to enhance aircraft availability, performance and reliability at the lowest cost possible."

F-22 Raptors are assigned to seven U.S. bases. Flight testing takes place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Operational tactics development is ongoing at Nellis AFB, Nev. Pilot training occurs at Tyndall AFB, Fla. Operational F-22 aircraft are assigned to Langley AFB, Va.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Holloman AFB, N.M.; and Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

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Additional contract details weren't disclosed.

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