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Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” was arguably faster, longer-ranged, and stealthier than the YF-22, but Lockheed’s jet won with...
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Key Points and Summary: Change Is Coming To the U.S. Air Force – The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from counterterror missions to deterring...
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Key Points and Summary – ‘First shot–first kill’ defines the F-22 Raptor’s mission: stealth, speed, vectoring and upgraded sensors/weapons (3.2B, AIM-9X/120, AESA, new comms/computing)...
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Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor is built to seize air dominance: very low observability, supercruise, and thrust-vector agility give it first-shot/first-kill...
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Key Points and Summary – China’s shadowy J-36, first spotted in 2024, remains largely unverified, but its tailless diamond planform, possible tri-jet power, recessed...
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Key Points and Summary – U.S.–Iran antagonism did not begin with this June’s B-2 strikes. In 2013, after Iranian jets harassed U.S. MQ-1 flights...
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Key Points and Summary – That dramatic “smoke” around the F-22 isn’t a sci-fi cloaking device—it’s a vapor cone. -During high-G or near-transonic maneuvers...
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Key Points and Summary – Many nations market new fighters as “stealth,” but most only manage radar signature instead of achieving true low observability....
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Key Points and Summary – A head-to-head comparison between the upgraded F-15EX and the F-22 Raptor concludes that stealth remains the decisive factor in...