F-22 Raptor
Air superiority jet
The F-22 Raptor is a U.S.
Air Force stealth fighter jet, designed for air superiority with advanced radar-evading capabilities.
It entered service in 2005 as the first fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
The Raptor combines speed, agility, and sensor technology that allows pilots to detect and engage targets before being detected themselves: The F-22 Raptors flew air cover for the mission.
- dogfightingClose aircraft battle
- Top GunPremier combat aviator
- supercruiseSupersonic without afterburners
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- radar cross-sectionObject's reflectivity to detection waves
aerodynamics · air superiority · propulsion systems · electronic warfare · weapons bay · avionics · combat readiness · reconnaissance · interception · military modernization · arms race · supersonic flight · Pratt & Whitney · Cold War era · Area 51 · afterburner · Lockheed Martin · air combat