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Raytheon has undertaken work to boost the capability of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), resulting in the longest known AMRAAM shot from a fifth-generation fighter. The ...

Cost was the primary factor behind the shuttering of the F-22’s production line. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is the most dominant air superiority fighter ever flown. With an unrivaled combination ...

-The plan, supported by top Air Force officials, was to create a stealthy, supersonic aircraft capable of deep-penetration strikes to fill a capability gap. -The design would have featured a larger ...

The F-22 Raptor, stands as the inaugural operational aircraft to merge supercruise, supermaneuverability, stealth, and sensor fusion within a singular weapons platform. Equipped with a new upgrade ...

U.S. Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin, left, speaks when President Donald Trump unveiled the F-47 at the White House on March 21. At right is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Credit: Sipa USA / Alamy ...

The 2025 Cocoa Beach Air Show took place on July 12-13, coinciding with Cocoa Beach's centennial celebrations. The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Team headlined the air show, alongside other ...

Distant low rumbling: While the national anthem played over Patrick Space Force Base loudspeakers at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters started swooping back ...

An F-22 Raptor takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 5 June 2025. The F-22 is set to receive new survivability and lethality capabilities in the FY 2026 USAF budget request. (US Air Force) ...

The Pentagon awarded Lockheed archrival Boeing a surprise win in March: a $20 billion F-47 fighter jet contract. Now, President Trump is suggesting Lockheed Martin could get two contracts of its own, ...

Where the F-22 is brawn, the F-35 is brains—and the Air Force needs both. The U.S. has two of the world’s four fifth-generation fighters, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. Owing to their ...

The F-22 Raptor jet fighter may eventually get replaced by the F-35A Lightning II, but that won't be for quite some time. After already investing $67.3 billion into developing the F-22, the United ...