An Alaskan Raptor suffered a landing accident at Hawaii.
A U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor, belonging to the 3rd Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, deployed to the Hawaii to take part in the Sentry Aloha exercise, had an incident landing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Honolulu on Jan. 14.
According to the few information available at the moment, the left main brake overheated and caught on fire after the Raptor landed on runway 08L.
HNL Rare Birds website published the image of the F-22 in fire suppressive foam: the runway remained closed for most of the day as maintenance personnel worked on the stealth jet.
http://theaviationist.com/2015/01/28/raptor-incident-hickam/
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