The F-22 Raptor is about to get a second act. After years of debate over whether to retire or merely sustain the fleet, the ...

The Air Force plans on flying the F-22 Raptor well into the 2040s. But to remain competitive against near-peer fighter jets, it needs upgrades now and in the future. The U.S. Air Force operates a ...

The US Air Force only procured a fraction of the Raptors it had wanted, but these are now being upgraded to stay the best in ...

The F-22 Raptor was built for one job: absolute air dominance. With supercruise, thrust-vectoring engines, extreme stealth, ...

In pursuit of a multirole mission, the F-35’s designers accepted trade-offs that reduced its stealth performance in exchange for significant improvements elsewhere. The US military has two stealth ...

The United States is exploring plans for two new fighter jet initiatives: a modernized version of the F-22 Raptor, potentially called the "F-22 Super," and a fresh twin-engine platform known as the ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has successfully paired one its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters with an uncrewed jet in a demonstration flight. The unmanned platform was a General Atomics ...

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The United States may be gearing up to redefine its air dominance, and President Donald Trump just dropped the biggest hint yet. Speaking in Doha at a meeting of business leaders alongside Boeing and ...

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.

The balloon, spotted earlier this week over the western United States, was brought down when an F-22 fighter jet fired an air-to-air missile at it off the coast of South Carolina. By Helene Cooper and ...