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The Pentagon must choose between waiting for the F-47 and hoping it is the right fighter to provide air superiority, or resurrecting the F-22 program.
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Building New F-22 Raptor Fighters Would Be a Giant Mistake
Key Points and Summary – Restarting the F-22 Raptor production line is a “pipe dream” that is not feasible or strategically ...
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How Fast Can the Lockheed Martin F-22 Fighter Fly?
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is the pinnacle of 5th-generation air superiority, combining stealth, supercruise, and ...
Despite the newer F-35 Lightning II’s introduction, the F-22 remains dominant in terms of stealth and speed. The US Air Force ...
— One of the Air Force's top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California, killing a test pilot for prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
Amid growing concerns over the F-35 program and its proposed twin-engine variant F-55, calls to resume F-22 production are ...
The F-22 Raptor can exceed Mach 2 when at high altitude, but only reaches Mach 1.21 when low because of drag. It accelerates ...
The first production engines were delivered in 2009 and were based on the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine that had been developed ...
The United States has the world's most capable fighter jets thanks to the F-35, F-22, F-15EX, and many advanced force ...
Sikorsky is one aviation's oldest names, and the manufacturer continues to build iconic airframes and futuristic prototypes ...
More than 3,200 workers at a Boeing plant where Donald Trump’s new stealth fighter will be made have walked out in a row over ...
NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...