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On September 26, 2003 the first operational F-22 Raptor # 01-4018 was delivered to the USAF. Raptor 18 is assigned to the 43rd FS stationed at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Deactivated in 1994 the 43rd FS was re-activated on October 25, 2002 and was assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, Air Education and Training Command. There role will be to provide air dominance training for the F-22 Raptor. The 43rd can trace its beginnings back to the 43rd Provisional Squadron of 1917.