US deploys its F-22 Raptors to Middle East amid Russia tensions
Recently, F-22s were used to shoot down several flying objects and a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of the US in February.
A F-22 Raptor fighter jet of the 95th Fighter Squadron from Tyndall, Florida approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing at the Royal Air Force Base in Mildenhall in Britain as they fly over the Baltic Sea towards the NATO airbase of Aemari, Estonia, September 4, 2015.(photo credit: REUTERS/WOLFGANG RATTAY)Updated: