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America's F-35 stealth fighters are going to be flying less as costs soar, watchdog finds
The Pentagon estimates that the life-cycle cost for the F-35 has now surpassed more than $2 trillio…
Jake Epstein
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US sends stealth F-22 Raptors to deter 'unsafe' Russian pilots stirring up trouble in the Middle East
US officials have called attention to aggressive Russian behavior around American assets and intere…
Jake Epstein
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The stealth F-22 Raptor's days are numbered, and the Air Force is officially looking for designs for the fighter jet's next-gen replacement
The Next Generation Air Dominance platform is a sixth-generation concept designed to ready the US m…
Jake Epstein
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A US F-22 Raptor pilot describes the challenge of going up against F-35 red-air aggressors
"It is challenging, even flying the Raptor to have good [situational awareness] on where the F-35s …
Ryan Pickrell
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US F-22 Raptors are on their way to Poland to boost NATO's air shield against Russian threats
The fifth-gen jets are able to bolster NATO's eastern shield with air-to-air and air-to-ground comb…
Abbie Shull
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Florida-based F-22 instructor pilots got to fire live Sidewinder missiles for the first time
This month, several F-22 Raptor instructor pilots based at Tyndall Air Force Base got their first c…
Airman 1st Class Tiffany Price, US Air Force
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China's first stealth jet looks an awful lot like the US's first stealth fighter — here's how the J-20 and the F-22 stack up
Conventional wisdom says China's J-20 can't beat the F-22 head-to-head. But the J-20, and China's s…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Top US Air Force general suggests future fighter-jet fleet won't include the F-22 Raptor
The Air Force is thinking about what it's future fighter fleet will look like, and it looks like it…
Ryan Pickrell
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How Air Force maintainers keep the F-22 cockpit from falling apart
The F-22 Raptor is one of the world's most sophisticated aircraft. But as advanced as it is, it's n…
Airman 1st Class Erin Baxter, US Air Force
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What it's like to get up close with Russian aircraft over the Arctic, according to an F-22 pilot who's done it
US aircraft have already scrambled three times this year to intercept Russian planes flying around …
Christopher Woody
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Commander calls for a 'safety pause' after back-to-back stealth fighter crashes at Florida Air Force base
"The events over the past few days remind us that the defense of our country can be a dangerous bus…
Ryan Pickrell
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US stealth fighters scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft near Alaska for the sixth time this month
The latest intercept marks the tenth time this year NORAD has sent fighters to intercept Russian mi…
Ryan Pickrell
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US fighters have rushed to intercept 8 Russian bombers approaching Alaska in the past week
Russian military aircraft have penetrated NORAD air defense identification zones eight times this y…
Ryan Pickrell
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US F-22 stealth fighters intercepted Russian bombers that came 'within 20 nautical miles' of Alaska
NORAD dispatched fighter jets and support aircraft to intercept two Russian aircraft formations fly…
Ryan Pickrell
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A US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter crashed just outside Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
The stealth fighter crashed during a training flight, but pilot ejected safely and is being taken c…
Ryan Pickrell
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US scrambles F-22s following reports of unidentified flying object over Montana believed to be a Chinese spy balloon
Stratospheric balloons can provide high-resolution photographs of the ground below for a fraction o…
Charles R. Davis,Christopher Woody
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After nearly 2 decades in service, the F-22 has its first air-to-air kills — neither against the jets it was designed to fight
An F-22 fighter jet downed an unidentified "object" on Friday, just a few days after the same type …
Jake Epstein
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The US military didn't know if the missile that took out a Chinese spy balloon would work when an F-22 took the shot, commander says
The F-22 pilot fired a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to down the balloon, which was operating at…
Jake Epstein,Christopher Woody
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The stealth F-22, the top US air superiority fighter, just got its first known air-to-air kill taking out a Chinese balloon.
F-15 Eagles "supported the F-22, as did tankers from multiple states," the Defense Department said …
Katie Balevic
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US commanders say 5th-gen fighters will be 'critical' in a war. Here's how F-35s and F-22s stack up to Russia's and China's best jets.
"You're either fifth-generation or you're an expensive target," one expert told Insider.