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Key Points and Summary – The F-22 remains America’s top air-superiority jet, but NGAD’s F-47 won’t arrive in mass for years. -A “Super Raptor”...
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Key Points and Summary – Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II”...
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Key Points and Summary – In the 1990s, Washington locked the F-22 Raptor behind an export ban meant to protect America’s most advanced stealth...
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Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin’s FB-22 was never just a “bomberized Raptor” – it was a heavily re-imagined strike aircraft built on...
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Key Takeaways – The X-44 MANTA never left the drawing board, but its ideas still loom over future air-dominance planning. -Conceived as a tailless...
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Key Points and Summary: The YF-23 Fighter Legend -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow” was the sleeker, stealthier, faster entry in the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical...
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Key Points and Summary – The X-44 MANTA was a radical, tailless derivative of the F-22 Raptor that promised extreme stealth, range, and agility...
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Key Points and Summary – In 2013, two Iranian F-4 Phantoms moved to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator flying in international airspace. After a...
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Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor still sets the bar for stealth and air-to-air dominance, but it’s no cure-all. -A maintenance misstep...