F-22 Raptor

USAF releases Classified Solicitation to Start Process for Selecting the Contractor for NGAD to Replace the F-22 Raptor

USAF releases Classified Solicitation to Start Process for Selecting the Contractor for NGAD to Replace the F-22 Raptor

The DAF released classified solicitation to industry for an engineering and manufacturing development contract for the NGAD Platform with… Read More

3 weeks ago

Naval Aviator explains why the F-35 can give the F-22 fits in BVR while 4th Gen Fighters have 1:100 chance at best to beat the Raptor

‘Where the F-35 Lightning II would give the F-22 fits would be BVR. The primary advantage the Raptor has, first… Read More

3 weeks ago

F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018 is back flying again after 5-years of restoration

It was April 2018 when failed takeoff at NAS Fallon, Nevada, left one of the 3rd Wing’s F-22 Raptors… Read More

1 month ago

The F-22 Raptor now has boarding ladder that can be collapsed and stowed inside the cockpit

We can assume that the F-22’s new integral ladder means that Raptor’s CONOPs have changed and that the aircraft can… Read More

1 month ago

If USAF’s oldest F-22 Raptors are retired they could be Stored at AMARG, scrapped, Retired to museums or used as Gate Guards

If USAF’s oldest F-22 Raptors are scrapped, it would be the first time significant number of stealth aircraft have… Read More

1 month ago

William Tell competition resumes after nineteen years and will showcase the air-to-air capabilities of USAF and ANG F-22, F-35 and F-15 Eagle units

The historic competition is named after the legendary Swiss archer and was biennial competition that encouraged the most challenging… Read More

2 months ago

F-22 Raptor pilots test USAF’s Next Generation Helmet

Developmental F-22 Raptor flight tests are underway for the USAF’s new Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet at Eglin Air Force… Read More

2 months ago

The day Russian Su-25 attack aircraft purposely nearly collided with a USAF F-22 Raptor stealth fighter (and the other close calls between Russian and NATO aircraft over Syria)

On Dec. 13, 2017, two F-22 Raptors intercepted two Su-25s inside the airspace considered as `US controlled’: one of the… Read More

2 months ago

New F-22 Formal Training Unit at Joint Base Langley-Eustis receives first of 30 Raptor stealth fighter jets

The 71st Fighter Squadron welcomed its first two F-22 Raptors, tails AF040 and AF042, from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB),… Read More

2 months ago

USAF wants to retire 310 aircraft (including 42 A-10s and 32 F-22s) to put greater dollars toward NGAD fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft

In FY24, officials are asking Congress permission to bid adieu to fleets like the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar… Read More

3 months ago

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall reveals that the USAF Plans to buy 200 NGAD Fighter Jets and 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The USAF will field 200 NGAD fighter jets and notionally 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and will request funds in the… Read More

3 months ago

F-22 Raptor Formal Training Unit begins move from Eglin Air Force Base to Joint Base Langley-Eustis

Following the Hurricane Michael, Tyndall-assigned F-22 Raptor jets were temporarily relocated to Eglin Air Force Base where they continued to… Read More

3 months ago

F-22 Raptor shoots down unidentified cylindrical object over Canada

A USAF F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory, using an AIM 9X missile following close co-ordination between US… Read More

4 months ago

The F-22 Raptor scores its second aerial kill after shooting down “high-altitude object” over Alaska by means of another AIM-9X Sidewinder

The F-22 has fired another AIM-9X missile to shot down an aerial object. This time it took place over Alaska.… Read More

4 months ago

The US Navy found the wreck of the Chinese high-altitude spy balloon shot down on Saturday by USAF F-22 Raptor

Sailors assigned to US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recovered the Chinese high-altitude spy balloon off the coast of… Read More

4 months ago

“FRANK01, Splash one!” Listen the Audio of the Chinese Spy Balloon Shoot Down

At 5:47 in the video you can hear an F-22 Raptor pilot calling out “FRANK01, Splash one!” after the balloon… Read More

4 months ago