A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft executes a supersonic flyby.
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft participating in Northern Edge 2009 executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while the ship is underway in the Gulf of Alaska on June 22, 2009. The Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise which focuses on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land.