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{{Infobox aircraft
| image      =F-22_raptor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|F-22 Raptor
| type       = Single-seat supersonic stealth fighter
| national origin = [[United States]]
| unitcost   = $334 million USD
| variants   = F-22 A
| manufacturer = [[Boeing]]
| first flight = September 7, 1977
| introduced = December 15, 2005
| status     = In service
| launch customer = [[United States Air Force]]
| primary users = [[United States]]
| produced   = 2005-2011
| number built = 195 (8 test)
}}

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. However, the extremely high unit cost of the aircraft has meant successive and substantial cuts to the number of F-22s to be built. At present only 183 F-22s will be built. This will mean keeping the F-15 fleet in service for the foreseeable future.

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 ability to "supercruise" at [[speed of sound|supersonic]] speeds without the use of [[afterburner]]s as required by previous [[turbojet]] designs. The aircraft has an internal armament bay which holds [[air-to-air missile]]s and can carry various small bombs internally or on pylons, and has a 20mm Gatling [[Gun]].

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

[[Category:Military Aircraft]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]