Steven M. Rainey

Steven M. Rainey is a test pilot and retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer. , he is a test pilot for Stratolaunch Systems working on the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch aircraft. Previously, he was Lockheed Martin's chief F-22 test pilot, Boeing's lead F-22 test pilot, and commander of the USAF 411th Flight Test Squadron. He is noted for a number of achievements while flight testing the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

He was the first USAF pilot to fly the aircraft, the first pilot to perform aerial refueling in the F-22, and the first pilot to fly cross-country in the Raptor. Rainey was the president of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots for 2012 and is a fellow of the organization.