The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to upgrade its oldest, training-only F-22 Raptors (Block 20) to a ...
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5 Big Problems With the F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter

Despite its reputation as the world’s premier air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor suffers from five significant ...
Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s ...
As the world’s first ever fifth-generation platform to fly the skies, the F-22 arguably remains the most recognizable ...
The F-22’s holistic design—born of the Advanced Tactical Fighter program—prioritizes air dominance over ground attack. In the high-stakes arena of modern aerial warfare, where split-second decisions ...
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 ...
So the question is, why can’t a high-power jet with immense thrust and a large wingspan simply turn at its highest speeds?
Raptor, a word for a swift and deadly bird of prey, is certainly an appropriate name for the F-22. The formidable fighter has a top speed of over Mach 2.0, with afterburners that allow it to push ...
When the U.S. Air Force chose Boeing over Lockheed Martin in its next-generation stealth fighter program, some people were ...
No accolade could better describe how exemplary the F-22 Raptor is as a fighter jet than that its production run was quartered because it was peerless in air-to-air combat. The F-22's rectangular ...