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The Case for Saving the F-22 Raptor

Clipping the F-22’s wings not only weakens America, but incurs the massive financial and strategic costs involved with ...
Can the U.S. Air Force’s most valued air-dominance fighter suddenly see its combat strength jump? Lockheed Martin thinks so, and the plan depends on salvaging 35 older Block 20 F-22 Raptors from the ...
Manufacturer Raytheon continues to get longer reach out of its AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, while its AIM-260 successor waits in the wings.
The F-22’s holistic design—born of the Advanced Tactical Fighter program—prioritizes air dominance over ground attack.
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a supersonic, twin-engine fifth-generation fighter equipped with advanced stealth technology and supercruise capability. Initially designed as an air superiority ...
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 ...
In retrospect, the ND-102 was too much for the Germans to handle. Yet the lessons learned from this program influenced some of America’s most important warplanes of the last 30 years. It is the ...
The F-22 Raptor is a unique fighter jet in many respects. It's a rare model that boasts the ability to supercruise, or achieve speeds in excess of Mach 1 without needing to engage its afterburners.
Distant low rumbling: While the national anthem played over Patrick Space Force Base loudspeakers at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters started swooping back ...
An F-22 Raptor was observed by White Settlement Police, sparking local interest in the high-tech military jet.
In addition to air scares, F-22 ground crews suffer "hypoxia-like symptoms." May 9, 2012 — -- As the Air Force searches desperately for the source of a mysterious and potentially deadly oxygen ...
Air Force blamed pilot for crash, DoD Inspector General says not so fast. Feb. 20, 2013 — -- For the first time the widow of an F-22 Raptor fighter pilot killed after his $420 million plane ...