Meet the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Pilot Capt,. Samuel 'RaZZ' Larson! ✈️🛩🇺🇸★🔥

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In LiveAirShowTV's ongoing series "Pilot Logbook" we interview the world's most accomplished civilian and military pilots. Here we meet the Air Force F-22 Raptor's Demonstration Pilot Capt,. Samuel "RaZZ" Larson from Davenport, Iowa! ✈️🛩🇺🇸★🔥

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
How RaZZ got into flying: 0:00
First flying experiences 0:25
Early Air Force career 0:57
Learning the F-22 1:42
On importance of "warbirds" (vintage military aircraft) 2:56
The call sign "RaZZ 3:14 (What he *can* tell you)😉

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ABOUT THE PILOT:
[Source: U.S. Air Force]
Captain Samuel Larson is the Commander, F-22 Demonstration Team, 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The mission of the F-22 Demonstration Team is to showcase the unmatched maneuverability of the Air Force's 5th generation air dominance stealth fighter, highlight the history of the Air Force's service though heritage formation flights, and interact with local communities through outreach events. Capt. Larson is an experienced combat fighter pilot with more than 750 hours flying the F-22A Raptor.

Capt. Larson leads the 14-member F-22 Demonstration Team, oversees maintenance actions performed on the most advanced fighter jets ever built, and showcases the F-22 Raptor for more than 10 million spectators around the world each year. He is an operational F-22 pilot assigned to the 1st Operations Group within the 1st Fighter Wing.

EDUCATION:
2015 Bachelor of Science in Management Science, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 2021 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 2015 – January 2016, Parachute Instructor, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2. February 2016 – June 2017, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
3. July 2017 – March 2018, Student, F-22A Basic Course, Tyndall AFB, Florida
4. April 2018 – April 2021, F-22A Mission Commander, JBER, Alaska
5. May 2021 – July 2022, F-22A Instructor Pilot, JBLE, Virginia
6. August 2022 – Present, F-22A Demonstration Team Commander, JBLE, Virginia

FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 750 Aircraft Flown: T-6, T-38C, F-22A

ABOUT THE F-22 DEMO TEAM
The F-22 Demo Team is based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT - F-22A RAPTOR 🛩🇺🇸★
Wingspan: 44 feet, 6 inches
Length: 62 feet, 1 inch
Height: 16 feet, 8 inches
Weight: 43,340 pounds
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet
Range: 1,600 nautical miles
Power plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with after burners and two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles 🚀🔥
Speed: Mach two class with supercruise capability
Crew: One pilot
Armament: M61A2 20-millimeter cannon with 480 rounds, internal side weapon bays carriage of two AIM-9 infrared, air-to-air missiles and internal main weapon bays carriage of six AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles
or two 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAMs and two AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles

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