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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 ...
China is claiming major breakthroughs in anti-stealth technology, potentially rendering U.S. aircraft like the F-22 obsolete.
Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s ...
The F-22 Raptor began a new era of aircraft in 2005–the fifth generation. As the first of this new generation, the Raptor ...
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 ...
The idea that the Pentagon would push its luck with the F-47, an entirely untested new platform, rather than a proven system like the F-22 is absurd. There is much confusion coming out of the Trump ...
When the U.S. Air Force chose Boeing over Lockheed Martin in its next-generation stealth fighter program, some people were ...