It appears the second coming of F-22A Raptors to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam will have to wait a little longer.

The arrival of a Raptor squadron to the island has been postponed indefinitely due to inclement weather and scheduling conflicts at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, according to a 36th Wing news release Saturday.

The Air Force’s newest fighter jets had been set to make a second deployment to Guam last week.

A new arrival date will be announced in the near future, the Air Force said.

The stealth fighters and their support personnel are part of Elmendorf’s 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.

They’re scheduled for a three-month stay on Guam as part of the Air Force’s regular rotation of aircraft to Andersen, which has no permanent air squadron of its own.

The rotation will bring about a dozen of the $140 million jets and more than 250 airmen to the island.

The F-22A Raptors will participate in upcoming military exercises, including Cope Thaw and Jungle Shield, according to the release.

General heading back to JapanYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Brig. Gen. Sam Angelella is returning to Japan.

The former 35th Fighter Wing commander at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan is expected to arrive at Yokota sometime this week to take over as 5th Air Force vice commander and deputy commander of the 13th Air Force, U.S. Forces Japan said.

He replaces Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, who left last month to become head of the 14th Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Angelella served as Misawa’s commander between August 2005 and January 2007. Since then, he’s been deputy director of strategic planning and policy for U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii.

This will be his fourth assignment to Japan. He was aide to the USFJ and 5th Air Force commander at Yokota during 1996-97. He spent the next two years at Misawa with the 13th Fighter Squadron, where he was operations officer and later its commander.

NCIS probes attack on Okinawa MarineThe Naval Criminal Investigative Service on Okinawa is offering a $1,000 reward for information concerning an attack that sent a Marine to the hospital Dec. 28.

According to NCIS, two Marines were assaulted in the early morning in the vicinity of the Phase Two bar on Gate Two Street near Kadena Air Base.

One of the Marines suffered injuries that required medical attention at the U.S. Naval Hospital, an NCIS new release said. His name and the nature of the injuries were not disclosed.

"The alleged assailants are described as three Caucasian males fitting the description typically associated with servicemembers," the release said.

Anyone with information about the attack is urged to call NCIS at 645-0213.