Air Force Lt. Col. Clayton Percle, 525th Fighter Squadron

Air Force Lt. Col. Clayton Percle, 525th Fighter Squadron commander at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, tries to avoid a spray of Champagne after the flight which made him the first active-duty pilot to break 1,000 flight hours in the F-22 Raptor, Feb. 3, 2015. In 2011, Air Force Reserve Col. David Piffarerio, then a lieutenant colonel with the 302nd Fighter Squadron and now deputy commander of the 477th Fighter Group at JBER, became the first Air Force pilot to reach 1,000 hours in the Raptor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher-RELEASED)

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03/02/2015

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