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Key Takeaways – The F-22 Raptor delivered exactly what the Air Force wanted on paper: stealth, supercruise, brutal kinematics, and unmatched sensors. -What it...
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Key Takeaways – The F-22 Raptor delivered exactly what the Air Force wanted on paper: stealth, supercruise, brutal kinematics, and unmatched sensors. -What it...
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin is quietly lobbying to save 35 early Block 20 F-22 Raptors from the scrapyard by folding them...
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor is still the world’s premier air-dominance fighter, but its record is far from flawless. That 1...
Key Points: This piece asks what the U.S. Air Force would look like if it had fielded 750 F-22 Raptors instead of fewer than...
Sometimes forgotten Raptor Fighter upgrades mean Trump’s recent comments might not have been a mistake: While on his Middle East tour, President Trump spoke at...
The message is clear: The F-22 is a rare fighter because of questionable calls on the production of the warplane. Now, the Air Force...
Key Points: This analysis challenges recent Chinese claims, based on simulations, that its J-20S fighter dominates the US F-22 Raptor in dogfights. -While a...
In 2021, then-US Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown stated he was planning to winnow down the Air Force’s fighter inventory...
When F-22 Raptor Fighters Show the Iranians What Stealth Means: Some fighter jets are so outdated they are no match for modern 5th-generation airplanes....
The Foe or Problem: The F-22 Raptor, though technologically unparalleled and unmatched in air superiority, has faced declining favor within the U.S. Air Force...