RAPTOR fighter jets visiting from the US captivated hundreds of people across the past two weeks who lined the road at Williamtown waiting to hear them roar and watch the spectacle.
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) hosted six F-22 aircraft between August 8 and 21.
The planes, known as Raptors, joined Williamtown's squad of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to carry out integrated training.
The jets came from the 19th Fighter Squadron based in Hawaii.
Plane spotters spent hours with their eyes - and ears - to the sky during the two-week period, with hundreds of people lining the roadside near the runway to watch the surge in flying activities.
The Newcastle Herald was told one senior American pilot who flew an F-22 from Japan to Australia came out to the viewing area to say hello to fans.
Among the spectators on the final day of the visit was three-year-old Elijah Jones, who went to the airport twice in one day with his mother Amber Jones to watch the planes.
Two of the six Raptor aircraft participated in the Pacific Airshow on the Gold Coast in Queensland from August 16 to 18.
The F-22 jets look similar to fan favourite the F-35, but is larger.
The US Air Force says it represents an "exponential leap in warfighting capabilities".
"The F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft," it claims.
The Raptors have now landed in Singapore to carry out training alongside Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft in the southern reaches of the South China Sea, in international airspace.
