X user @AircraftSpots disputed claims that ten F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base departed for Puerto Rico as #KICK, #CUBE81, and #ROGUE1 flights supported by #RCH008 and #RCH047 tankers from McGuire Air Force Base on December 31, 2025, stating the flights conducted local sorties in the W-72 area before returning to Langley after about an hour without meeting the tankers, according to a post shared between 7:46 PM and 9:15 PM UTC. @AircraftSpots specified that #ROGUE1, #KICK1, and #KIWI1 flights were involved in the local training and corrected that there is no #CUBE81 flight, identifying it instead as #KIWI1, in a direct response to posts by @CoronetEast, @LatAmMilMVMTs, and @Karma52images. The disputed report originated from an X post by @CoronetEast during the same period, claiming the F-22 departures from Langley AFB (#KLFI) to Puerto Rico supported by the McGuire AFB tankers (#KWRI). These conflicting social media reports follow earlier citations of @CoronetEast in previous updates detailing the same alleged F-22 movements over the past two hours amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions.
