The Air Force is turning the F-22 into an F-22 Super with passive IRDS detection, tougher multi spectral stealth, and new long range weapons built for contested Pacific operations. This breakdown ...

The F-22 is no longer being preserved just as a legacy stealth fighter; it is being reshaped for a much longer and more demanding career. That shift matters because the Raptor’s biggest weakness was ...

Lockheed Martin has begun producing new F-22 external fuel tanks that it says extend the air superiority fighter's range but do not hinder its stealth characteristics and aerodynamic performance.

For the first time in combat, the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was fired from M-142 HIMARS systems, capable of hitting targets up to 400km away ...

Japanese military officials are eyeing the F-22 Raptor as an antidote to growing regional missile threats, Aviation Week & Space Technology will report on April 23. The Lockheed Martin-built fighter ...

Raptor, a word for a swift and deadly bird of prey, is certainly an appropriate name for the F-22. The formidable fighter has a top speed of over Mach 2.0, with afterburners that allow it to push ...

For years, nothing in the sky matched the Lockheed Martin F-22. Introduced in 2005, the Raptor was the first fifth-generation fighter to enter service, and its advanced capabilities quickly made it ...

Eleven U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have reportedly been deployed to Israel's Ovda Air Base, marking America's first operational combat aircraft deployment.

U.S. F-22 stealth fighter jets have been quietly deployed from a base in the U.K. to southern Israel as part of Washington’s biggest Middle East air buildup since the 2003 Iraq invasion, with dozens ...

The F-22 Raptor could be retired well before any US adversary can build a plane that approaches its strength. The F-22 Raptor remains the most dominant air-to-air fighter ever built. That’s what she ...