-The specialized manufacturing infrastructure and supply chain for the F-22 no longer exist, with a 2017 Air Force report estimating a restart would cost over $50 billion. -Furthermore, the F-22's ...

The F-22 Raptor is a unique fighter jet in many respects. It's a rare model that boasts the ability to supercruise, or achieve speeds in excess of Mach 1 without needing to engage its afterburners.

An F-22 Demonstration Team Raptor flies over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 3, 2023. Update: As of this morning there have been other interpretations of Andrew Hunter’s comments. The F-22 ...

The U.S. Navy had an ambitious idea some years back. Why not use the Air Force’s research and development on the F-22 program and build on that know-how to acquire a stealthy F-22 “Sea Raptor” that ...

The latest 5th-generation fighter aircraft are the most advanced and formidable the skies have ever seen. The specific models released by the U.S., Russia, and China all share some similarities that ...

Looking back at its first combat operations against ISIS, the F-22 proved it could do much more than dominate the skies, delivering precision strikes and sharing critical data with allied platforms ...

Clipping the F-22’s wings not only weakens America, but incurs the massive financial and strategic costs involved with canceling the program now and trusting in a sixth-generation warplane later. Yet ...