The F-22 Has Gone from Rolling Retirement To The USAF’s Top ... - Forbes
Mar 8, 2024 · Less than a year ago, the Air Force was asking to cut 32 early model F-22s from its meager 183-Raptor inventory. On Thursday, the fighter was dubbed its “highest priority”.
The U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Fighter Nightmare Has Just Arrived
Dec 18, 2024 · The F-22 has flight capabilities the F-35 cannot even dream of. Since the tooling is still available, instead of building “Super F-15s” we should as the author suggests, restart the assembly line, & build a 5.5 generation F-22 with the added capabilities of the F-35. Instead of a fictional 6th generation fighter.
U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors Return From Rapid Deployment to …
5 days ago · Dec. 17 — US Air Force F-22 Raptors have returned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska from Central Command’s area of responsibility following a rapid deployment since Aug. 8. www ...
F-22 Raptor Photographed With New Stealthy External Fuel Tanks
Mar 23, 2024 · In the artwork we can see three Raptors loaded with new stealthy external fuel tanks, two underwing faceted pods and a new unknown air-to-air missile, but there are even more novelties in the ...
The F-22 Is Finally Getting Some Much Needed Upgrades
May 3, 2022 · 25 years after it entered service in the U.S. Air Force, the F-22 Raptor is scheduled to receive some major upgrades to keep its edge over future adversaries.
How Lockheed is positioning the F-22 to fly into the 2040s
Aug 2, 2023 · DAYTON, Ohio—Lockheed Martin officials say they can support the F-22 as long as the Air Force wants to fly it, even if that’s a decade longer than currently planned.
With Next-Gen Fighter in Limbo, F-22 Must Dominate
Sep 6, 2024 · The Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter is facing fiscal headwinds and conceptual turbulence, with service leaders recently announcing a pause in the program designed to field a sixth-generation fighter to replace the F-22 Raptor.
The Air Force wants to see how good the F-22 can get
Sep 19, 2024 · With the future of America’s next air superiority fighter now in question, America’s king of the skies, the F-22 Raptor, is set to extend its reign well into the 2030s, thanks to a slew of multi-billion dollar upgrades already underway – and the list keeps getting longer.
F-22s 'highest priority' for near-term fight, Air Force acquisition ...
Mar 7, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Much attention has been paid to the Air Force’s plans to junk an older group of F-22 Raptor jets, but newer, more combat-capable versions of the stealth fighter are the service’s...
USAF, Lockheed Plan F-22 Updates To Feed Next-Gen Fighter Tech
Aug 4, 2023 · DAYTON, Ohio—The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are beginning the second phase of yearly iterative updates to the F-22 fleet, planning software tweaks and quick-turn upgrades that both...