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[[Image:F-22_raptor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|F-22 Raptor]]

[[Image:F-22_raptor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|F-22 Raptor]]

The F-22 Raptor is a stealth fighter produced by Lockheed Martin.  It is capable of air-to-air combat, ground attack, electronic warfare and signals detection.  It was originally developed to counter advances in technology in aircraft developed by the [[Soviet Union]] and replace the F-15 by incorporating the latest in stealth features and propulsion technology. The Raptor has two afterburning engines with [[Thrust Vectoring|thrust vectoring]] capabilities. The craft has an internal armament bay which holds air-to-air missiles and can carry various small bombs internally or on hard-point attachments.

The F-22 Raptor is a stealth fighter produced by Lockheed Martin.  It is capable of air-to-air combat, ground attack, electronic warfare and signals detection.  It was originally developed to counter advances in technology in aircraft developed by the [[Soviet Union]] and replace the F-15 by incorporating the latest in stealth features and propulsion technology. The Raptor is powered by two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines that produce in excess of 30,000 pounds of thrust each and posess 2D [[Thrust Vectoring|thrust vectoring]] capabilities.  /they give the Raptor the unique ability to "supercruise" at supersonic speeds without the use of afterburners as required by all previous turbojet designs. The craft has an internal armament bay which holds air-to-air missiles and can carry various small bombs internally or on hard-point attachments.

 

The F-22 Raptor evolved from the YF-22 experimental design produced for the US Air Force's Advance Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition in which the Lockheed Martin design defeated the rival Northrup Grumman designed YF-23.

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[[Category:Aircraft]]

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