The United States Air Force carried out its first “elephant walk” of 2025 at Langley Air Force Base (AFB) in Virginia last month. The surge exercise on January 31 included aircraft from the 1st ...

In a potential near-peer conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific, the F-22 Raptor would play a main ... tailored to the F-22’s sleek and angular profile, wrapping around the sharp wings and ...

100-Word Summary: In 2012, German Eurofighter Typhoons outmaneuvered U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors during Red Flag exercises, ...

The world’s first-ever fifth-generation fighter platform may be nearing retirement, but the F-22 Raptor is still being enhanced to retain an edge over newer near-peers. As the Air Force’s top ...

The F-22 will receive an embedded set of TacIRST sensors as part of the Infrared Defensive System to enhance aircraft survivability and lethality. Lockheed Martin announced on Jan. 22, 2025, that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The US Air Force's F-22 Raptor has been described as "the most lethal fighter aircraft in the world," but until recently it was used primarily as a bodyguard for ...