How The F-22 Raptor Achieves Its Remarkable Mach 2 Top Speed
The F-22 Raptor combines stealth, speed, and agility with cutting-edge engines to achieve supercruise and Mach 2!
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F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Could Have Been 'Shape Shifted' Into a Bomber
The Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force’s premier stealth fighter, exceeds all near-peer airframes in ...
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a supersonic twin-engine stealth fighter. Designed as an air superiority fighter it has ...
What Is The F-22 Raptor's Top Speed?
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is likely the most technologically advanced and deadly air superiority fighter ever designed, ...
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The F-22 Raptor Has Numbers Problem That Can't Be Solved
The decision to end the F-22 Raptor program prematurely—building only 195 out of a planned 381 airframes—remains controversial. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates halted production in 2009, citing the ...
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Report to Congress on Air Force Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter
The following is the Nov. 4, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Air Force Next-Generation Air ...
What Jets Does The US Air Force Use For Training?
The United States Air Force uses specific planes to train its future pilots. Here is the history behind the planes the USAF ...
US Raises Air Power on China's Doorstep With F-35 and F-22 Jets
In July, the Pentagon announced that it would upgrade Kadena's air power by replacing the aging F-15C/D Eagle fighter jets with the successor F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, while the U.S. Air Force ...
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YF-23A: The Fighter That Could Have Outclassed the F-22 Raptor?
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A "Black Widow II," designed for the 1980s ATF program, competed with and ultimately lost ...
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Where Was The F-22 Raptor Built And Who Made It?
The F-22 Raptor represents the pinnacle of fighter jet technology. It's the fastest, meanest, and stealthiest jet in service. The Raptor can fly over 1,500 mph, twice the speed of sound ...