An F-22 Raptor takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 30, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Rufus) The contract follows the recent news about the tests of new advanced sensors on the F-22 Raptor, which...
The Sabreliner test aircraft with the F-22’s stealthy pod installed below the fuselage. (Image credit: @SR_Planespotter) The pod has reportedly undergone testing in the NTTR with the NT-43 aircraft used to validate low observable technology. Few months after the first sighting...
The banner created by Lockheed Martin to celebrate the 500,000 FH of the F-22 (Image digitally altered by The Aviationist) The first 5th generation air superiority fighter of the U.S. Air Force has recently reached the important milestone, more than 25...
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida takes off from the Air Dominance Center for an air combat exercise at Sentry Savannah on May 10, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s largest...
An F-22 from the 411th Flight Test Squadron and an F-35 from the 461st Flight Test Squadron fly in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Kyle Larson) The ability to use common software has implications...
File photo of an F-22 Raptor on the ground. Note the external ladder (U.S. Air Force photo/ MSgt Shane A. Cuomo) RELEASED The U.S. Air Force is constantly looking for new ways to rapidly deploy critical assets across the globe and...
Maj. Brett Gedman, 301st Fighter Squadron, readies for a mission wearing the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet March 24 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 46th Test Squadron engineers have begun developmental testing on NGFWH with F-22 pilots while the...
A Chinese J-20 Mighty Dragon and a US F-22 Raptor (file photos edited by The Aviationist for illustration purposes only) Experts have recently warned that the PLAAF 5th gen fighter, thanks to the espionage efforts, is more advanced than it otherwise...
File photo of an F-22 firing an AIM-9X Sidewinder. Third kill for the U.S. F-22 Raptor. This time over Canada. Another day, another “unidentified object” has been shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-22. It’s the third “kill” scored by...