Summary and Key Points: In 2009, Defense Secretary Robert Gates capped F-22 Raptor production at 187 aircraft — far below the ...
The United States developed the F-22 Raptor to become the ultimate air superiority fighter, combining stealth technology, extreme speed and devastating firepower into one of the deadliest combat ...
Both of these new pieces of equipment address some of the F-22’s shortfalls compared to older aircraft types, or – in the case of the equipment pods – to the F-35 Lightning II. Originally, the F-22 ...