We got a rare look at the F-22A Raptor which was repaired after being involved in a landing mishap a few years ago. On Feb. 21, 2025, an F-22A Raptor using radio callsign COACH 1, arrived at Naval Air ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US has plans to upgrade the F-22 Raptor. He also accused China of copying the aircraft, but he didn't provide any details. "We're going to be doing an F-22 ...

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 it ...

In the world of military airplanes it is very fashionable to be old. The most widespread fighter planes and bombers are decades-old, and the world understands how keeping them operational for a while ...

The F-22 made headlines in July 2025 when the Air Force released its latest budget request, which included $90 million in improvements for the stealth fighter, including infrared defensive systems, ...

Lockheed Martin will equip the F-22 Raptor aircraft with a system of next-generation infrared defensive sensors as part of a $270 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The defense contractor said ...

The new TacIRST sensors will be incorporated on nearly all of the Air Force’s remaining fleet of 178 F-22s. The world’s first-ever fifth-generation fighter platform may be nearing retirement, but the ...

Seeing how the F-22 Raptor is one of the world's very few 5th generation aircraft, thus one of the newest flying fighting platforms in the U.S. arsenal, you'd think it is fully equipped to meet the ...

The F-22 Raptor is built by Lockheed Martin and is one of the most advanced fighter jets on the planet. However, it's easy to forget that this plane is nearly 30 years old with the first F-22 Raptor ...

Clipping the F-22’s wings not only weakens America, but incurs the massive financial and strategic costs involved with canceling the program now and trusting in a sixth-generation warplane later. Yet ...

A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone prepares for taxi at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano/Air Force) The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ...

During initial operational capability trials, the F-22 had absolutely staggering kill-loss ratios. The F-22 destroyed hundreds of aircraft, with only a single plane lost. So how can the F-22 achieve ...