The US Finally Figured Out What The Heck Is Wrong With The F-22 Raptor
The Air Force will modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its entire fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets after a report found that it played a role in a crash that killed one of...
View ArticleMitt Romney Wants To Spend $900 Million Just To Start Building More F-22s
Despite the fact the F-22 Raptor has been grounded, never seen combat in seven years, caused multiple health problems including one death, and is outperformed by cheaper foreign jets in dogfights —...
View ArticleReports Show That F-22 Raptors Deprive Pilots Of Oxygen Right When They Need...
The U.S. Air Force will continue to investigate the oxygen concentration levels in F-22 Raptor cockpits in the wake of reports about fluctuations of those numbers noted during studies of recent pilot...
View ArticleFlorida Highway Ablaze As F-22 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Tyndall Air Force Base
An F-22 has crashed near Tyndall Air Force Base, and Hazmat teams have been called to Highway 98, which pedestrians on the ground report is covered in flames.Authorities have closed the highway down to...
View ArticleThe F-22 May Simply Be Too Much For Pilots To Handle
Problems have plagued the F-22 Raptor since its inception.Flaking, toxic stealth coating with equally toxic glue. International dateline software glitches. Pilots nearly passing out from lack of oxygen...
View ArticleThis Is What Regret Looks Like To The US Air Force
Back in 1997, the US Air Force had to choose between the F-22 Raptor and the YF-23 for its fifth-generation fighter.The YF-23 had a greater flight range, giving the fighter the potential to strike much...
View ArticleThe F-22's Most Important Feature Does Nothing To Help It Survive Aerial Combat
A couple of weeks ago, an experienced Eurofighter Typhoon industry test pilot wrote to The Aviationist to reply to a Lockheed F-35 test pilot who, talking to Flight’s Dave Majumdar, had claimed that...
View ArticleForget Sequestration: Lockheed Scored Another $7 Billion To Get The Aging...
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6.9 billion to upgrade the service’s fleet of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters.Lockheed...
View ArticleF-22 Raptor Pilots Are Getting High-Tech Helmets
Although it is integrated in U.S. F-15C/D, F-16 Block 40 and 50 and F-18C/D/E/F, on the Eurofighter Typhoon and on several other modern planes (including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – with some...
View ArticleUS Moves F-22 Raptors To Korea In Latest Show Of Force
An unspecified number of F-22 stealth fighter jets arrived in South Korea on Sunday, Mar. 31, 2013.According to the Wall Street Journal, the aircraft flew from Kadena air base, in Okinawa, Japan, to...
View ArticleSatellite Images Show Five New Stealth F-22s On US Base Near Iran
Even if we have often reported the presence of the F-22 Raptors at Al Dhafra, satellite imagery showing five radar evading planes parked at the main airbase in the UAE has been made publicly available...
View ArticleForget The F-22 And F-35, Russia's New Su-35 Fighter Jet Blows Them Away
The Su-35 (NATO designation Flanker E), Russia’s latest version of the famous super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet has demonstrated its stunning capabilities during the first day of the 50th Paris...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An F-22 Fires A Sidewinder Missile
You don’t see photos like this too often.Most of the images you can find online showing an F-22 stealth fighter firing a missile either depict a Raptor prototype or the air-to-air missile being...
View ArticleIncredible Images Of An F-22 Stealth Jet Dogfighting An F-15
This image was taken from a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, based at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts. It was captured during a close-range...
View ArticleFBI: A Chinese Hacker Stole Massive Amounts Of Intel On 32 US Military Projects
A Chinese entrepreneur was arrested in Canada at the request of the FBI for allegedly hacking into the networks of various defense contractors and stealing gigabytes of military intelligence, Darren...
View ArticleThe US Used F-22 Stealth Fighter Jets In Combat For The First Time Ever Last...
The US Air Force's F-22 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets were used in their first-ever combat mission during airstrikes against Syria, Julian E. Barnes and Dion Nissenbaum report for The Wall...
View ArticleIncredible Picture Shows The Inside Of An F-22 Cockpit After Syria Strikes
The photo in this post shows an F-22 Raptor of the 1st Fighter Wing, refueling after a mission over Syria. The mission was the stealth fighter jet's baptism by fire as it operated alongside other US...
View ArticleHere's What An F-22 Stealth Fighter Jet Looks Like At Night
The photograph of an F-22 is interesting for several reasons.First of all, it shows a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth jet taking off to take part in the U.S. and allied offensive against ISIS in...
View ArticleHere's What F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters Look Like While Refueling Midair At...
The following images were taken Friday from the boomer position aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker during air-to-air refueling operations of an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft en route to...
View ArticleAmerica's 5th-Generation F-22 Stealth Fighter Jet Has Only One Real...
Considered almost unbeatable in the air-to-air role, the F-22 successfully debuted in combat, taking part in airstrikes against ISIS targets. But what if the F-22 found a fourth-generation...
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