The F-22 remains America’s top air-superiority jet, but NGAD’s F-47 won’t arrive in mass for years. -A “Super Raptor” refresh ...
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America’s big F-22 Raptor fighter mistake still stings hard

In the 1990s, Washington locked the F-22 Raptor behind an export ban meant to protect America’s most advanced stealth tech.
The US Air Force only procured a fraction of the Raptors it had wanted, but these are now being upgraded to stay the best in ...
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This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Supercruise is central to the F-22 Raptor’s combat ...
The US Air Force (USAF) has successfully paired one its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters with an uncrewed jet in a demonstration flight. The unmanned platform was a General Atomics ...
The F-22 fleet remains relevant but a replacement is already under development; the F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter will ultimately replace the F-22, and when that happens, the F-22 will retire as ...
The US Air Force (USAF) says it needs to significantly expand its fleet of fighter aircraft to meet global security requirements. In an analysis report obtained by FlightGlobal, the USAF projects it ...
At $358 million a copy, it’s fairly easy to find folks in the Pentagon critical of the value-added of the Air Force’s F-22 fighter. It’s a little tougher to find someone in the Air Force to take on ...