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First F-22 pilot to clock 2,000 hours in the jet

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Lt. Col. Ryan Pelkola, 302d Fighter Squadron director of operations, is the first F-22 pilot to clock more than 2,000 hours in the aircraft.


Photo: Staff Sgt. Melissa Estevez

For F-22 pilots, the average sortie lasts one hour and 15 minutes, it took him 14 years and 1,323 sorties to accomplish the feat.

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