Key Points and Summary – The Air Force plans to modernize early Block 20 F-22s—once training jets—adding open mission systems, improved stealth coatings, EW upgrades, and AIM-9X/AIM-120D/AIM-260 ...

While the F-22 Raptor is lauded as the premier air superiority fighter, its legacy is tarnished by “fatal flaws,” chiefly its ...

The F-22 Raptor's gold tint makes the cockpit shine like a pair of Oakleys, but it's pure science engineered for stealth and ...

The F-22 will be remembered for being a generation or two ahead of its time with respect to air superiority prowess and maneuverability. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is renowned for its ...

Designed for air superiority, stealth, and possessing advanced sensor fusion, the United States Air Force’s fifth-generation F-22 Raptor, designed by Lockheed Martin, represents the pinnacle of ...

The F-22 Raptor is the world's first 5th-generation jet fighter, and the stealthiest fighter jet ever built. The F-22 entered active service in 2005, and it continues to support U.S. military ...

The Boeing 757 FTB is the F-22’s highly modified and instrumented aircraft that tests avionics and systems, saving costs and development timelines. Amid reports of the F-22 Raptor being slated to ...

The F-22 will receive an embedded set of TacIRST sensors as part of the Infrared Defensive System to enhance aircraft survivability and lethality. Lockheed Martin announced on Jan. 22, 2025, that it ...

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 ...

At $358 million a copy, it’s fairly easy to find folks in the Pentagon critical of the value-added of the Air Force’s F-22 fighter. It’s a little tougher to find someone in the Air Force to take on ...

I figured that there would be some kind of PR offensive out of the Joint Strike Fighter program in preparation for the floating of the UK carrier and the international debut of the F-35, and here it ...