---
title: "Take In These Gorgeous Photos Of A B-2 And F-22s Soaring Together Over Hawaii"
description: "B-2s are back in Oahu and this time around they got some pics alongside some resident F-22 Raptors over backdrops that only Hawaii can provide."
date: "2019-01-17"
modified: "2019-01-17"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/26015/take-in-these-gorgeous-photos-of-a-b-2-and-f-22s-soaring-together-over-hawaii"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Air Forces"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "B-2"
  - "Bombers"
  - "F-22"
  - "Fighters"
  - "Indo-Pacific"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Stealth"
  - "U.S. Air Force"
tags:
  - "199th Fighter Squadron"
  - "509th Bomb Squadron"
  - "B-2"
  - "Bomber Task Force"
  - "Diamond Head"
  - "F-22"
  - "hawaii"
  - "KC-135R"
  - "Oahu"
  - "Photo Flight"
  - "Raptor"
  - "Spirit"
  - "Waikiki Beach"
---

# Take In These Gorgeous Photos Of A B-2 And F-22s Soaring Together Over Hawaii

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2019/01/ddcca-1.jpg>)
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Just two days ago we showcased some beautiful pictures of [Marine One creating its own blizzard](<https://www.twz.com/25961/gorgeous-shots-of-marine-one-creating-its-own-blizzard-on-the-white-houses-snowy-east-lawn.md>) as it touched down on the White House's snowy lawn. Now we go from frigid to warm with pictures that showcase American air power in pretty much the exact opposite climate.

B-2 [Spirit stealth bombers,](<https://www.twz.com/24605/look-back-at-the-birth-of-the-b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber-in-this-intimate-new-video-series.md>) which call Whiteman Air Force in Missouri home, are back at [Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam](<https://www.twz.com/25459/a-military-aircraft-has-gone-down-off-oahu-hawaii-reports.md>), Hawaii to fulfill U.S. Strategic Command's bomber task force power projection mission to the Pacific. [B-2s regularly rotate through](<https://www.twz.com/23732/stealth-pushes-forward-b-2s-refuel-on-wake-island-f-22s-fly-from-austere-base-in-mideast.md>) the Indo-Pacific region to train with forward-deployed U.S. assets and allies. [They also bring](<https://www.twz.com/17579/heres-what-the-b-2s-arrival-in-guam-means-for-north-korea-the-olympics-and-more.md>) the USAF's hardest-hitting [and most coveted combat capability](<https://www.twz.com/7031/why-the-b-2-stealth-bomber-was-used-to-strike-isis-camps-in-libya.md>) to [a tense region](<https://www.twz.com/4793/all-three-of-the-usafs-bomber-types-congregate-unexpectedly-in-guam.md>).

Based permanently at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is the 199th Fighter Squadron and their F-22A Raptors. B-2s and F-22s are part of an already highly integrated, deep penetrating, air combat team, so any time training opportunities present themselves, Raptors and Spirits hit the skies. Thankfully, a recent sortie over the island paradise included a series of photo ops from multiple angles as a formation of F-22s and a B-2 flew low over some of Oahu's most prominent landmarks, including [Waikiki's Beach](<https://www.hawaii-guide.com/oahu/beaches/waikiki-beach>) and [Diamond Head](<https://hawaiistateparks.org/parks/oahu/diamond-head-state-monument/>), as well as high over the Pacific to get gas from a local [KC-135Rs](<https://www.twz.com/21794/the-dark-world-of-usaf-special-ops-air-refuelers-and-their-modified-kc-135rt-tankers.md>) belonging to the [203rd Air Refueling Squadron.](<https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/203ars.htm>)

https://twitter.com/_/status/1083457180307677184

Check out the gorgeous results of mixing America's most potent aerial weaponry, a camera's lens, and some incredible backdrops that only Hawaii can provide:

![message-editor%2F1547703141113-dccaag.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547703141113-dccaag.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547703076506-ddadadcvv.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547703076506-ddadadcvv.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547703057756-dddvbt.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547703057756-dddvbt.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702455997-5035638copy.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702455997-5035638copy.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702469079-5035635.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702469079-5035635.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702481914-5035695.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702481914-5035695.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702500542-5035707.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702500542-5035707.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702509598-5035701.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702509598-5035701.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702531430-ddadccca.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702531430-ddadccca.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702551980-5035666.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702551980-5035666.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702563530-5035678.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702563530-5035678.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702643390-5028922\_1.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702643390-5028922_1.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702663056-5028919\_1.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702663056-5028919_1.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702675742-5028915\_1.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702675742-5028915_1.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702697891-5022882\_1.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702697891-5022882_1.jpg>)
**USAF**

![message-editor%2F1547702723015-5022878copy.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1547702723015-5022878copy.jpg>)
**USAF**

Something tells me this is one deployment the folks of the 509th Bomb Wing seldom complain about, especially during the heart of winter in Missouri!

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## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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