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The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence capabilities.
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load.The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the airframe of military aircraft that carry weapons (e.g. gun pods and rocket pods), ordnances (bombs and missiles) and support equipments (e.g. flares and ...
The Lockheed Martin FB-22 was a proposed supersonic stealth bomber aircraft for the United States Air Force, derived from the F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter. Lockheed Martin proposed its design in the early 2000s with support from certain Air Force leaders as an interim "regional bomber" to complement the aging U.S. strategic bomber fleet, whose replacement was planned to enter service ...
As of December 2020, the only combat-ready stealth aircraft in service are the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (1997), the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005), the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2015), [15] [16] the Chengdu J-20 (2017), [17] and the Sukhoi Su-57 (2020), [18] with a number of other countries developing their own designs. There ...
1: 1 A319-112 [32] [33] Previously operated by Avion Express (Lithuania). Global 6000: Bombardier: Canada: Jet VIP Transport: 2022: 1: 1 May be converted to EW, ESM, ECM platform in future. [34] [35] Citation V: Cessna United States Jet VIP Transport: 1: 1 [36] Gulfstream IV: Gulfstream: United States Jet VIP Transport: 2004: 2: 2 Gulfstream IV ...
The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) is a United States Air Force (USAF) sixth-generation air superiority initiative with a goal of fielding a "family of systems" that is to succeed the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. [1] [2] A crewed fighter aircraft is the centerpiece program of NGAD and has been referred to as the Penetrating Counter-Air ...
It was described as re-release of F-22 Lightning II due to the small differences between the titles and received a rating of 6.1 F-22 Lightning 3 Original release date(s) :
After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF-22 team was announced as the winner in 1991 and developed the F-22 Raptor, which first flew in 1997 and entered service in 2005. The U.S. Navy considered using a naval version of the ATF as a replacement for the F-14 , but these plans were later canceled due to costs.