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FB-22: How the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter almost became a stealth bomber

Key Points and Summary - Lockheed Martin’s FB-22 was never just a “bomberized Raptor” – it was a heavily re-imagined strike aircraft built on F-22 DNA. -The concept married the Raptor’s stealth, ...
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F-35I Adir vs. F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter: Who Wins Summed Up in 4 Words

Key Points and Summary - The F-22 Raptor is built to seize air dominance: very low observability, supercruise, and thrust-vector agility give it first-shot/first-kill potential and control in the ...
The National Interest

Forget Stealth: The F-22 Raptor’s Speed Makes It the Best Fighter in the World

The F-22’s holistic design—born of the Advanced Tactical Fighter program—prioritizes air dominance over ground attack. In the high-stakes arena of modern aerial warfare, where split-second decisions ...
The National Interest

America’s Deadliest Fighter Was Built at the Wrong Time

It wasn’t until September 2014 that an F-22 Raptor even took part in combat, carrying out an airstrike on ISIS positions in Syria. On December 15, 2005, 20 years ago this month, the Lockheed Martin ...
The Aviationist

F-22 Raptor Takes Control of MQ-20 Avenger During Test

GA-ASI and L3Harris joined forces to demonstrate Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming of an F-22 and MQ-20 using the new BANSHEE datalinks and Pantera radios. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced ...