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‘You really ought to go home’: How a US Air Force F-22 Raptor flew right under Iran F-4 Fighter Phantom totally unseen

Summary and Key Points: In March 2013, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom IIs scrambled to intercept an American MQ-1 Predator ...
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‘We can’t build them anymore’: The US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighter shortage is a wound that won’t ever heal

Summary and Key Points: In 2009, Defense Secretary Robert Gates capped F-22 Raptor production at 187 aircraft — far below the ...
The National Interest

The F-22 Raptor Is Truly an Exceptional Fighter Jet

Earlier in the year, an Air Force F-22 Raptor shot down the Chinese spy balloon that was flying over the U.S. The 5th generation fighter jet took off from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, and used an ...
The National Interest

F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Could Have Been ‘Shape Shifted’ Into a Bomber

What You Need to Know: The Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force’s premier stealth fighter, exceeds all near-peer airframes in capabilities like stealth, supercruise, and ...

Why The Boeing F-47's Stealth Design Makes The F-22 Raptor Look Like A First Draft

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor was the first fifth-generation stealth fighter to ever take flight on its maiden voyage in ...
Air Force Times

F-22 Raptor involved in ‘mishap’ during Georgia training exercise

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 7, 2024, for Agile Reaper 24-1. (Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan/Air ...