The F-35 came out of a desire to create a Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in the ’80s and ’90s and consolidate combat aircraft requirements into one neat package. The two aircraft were en route to the 158th Fighter Wing out of the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, VT, the first Air National Guard unit to receive the aircraft.
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Even without dogfighting to do, the F-22 has been involved in the air-to-air interception of Russian bombers and fighters off the Alaskan coast. We’re not at war with Russia or China, so the F-22 has no dogfighting adversaries. The reason why an air-superiority fighter was dropping bombs is that there was nothing in the air to counter it. In 2014, in its first combat role, five years after the Senate voted to kill off the program, F-22s dropped some of the first bombs on the burgeoning ISIS threat in Syria. But without solid aerial threats from our adversaries, it fulfills an air-to-ground role.
With vectoring engine nozzles (think all-wheel steering in a Formula 1 car), the F-22 is super maneuverable, making it an ideal air-to-air platform, which is why it was originally built. With internal weapons bays, the F-22 can maintain aerodynamics and stealth without sacrificing payload. By reaching a cruise altitude that allows for faster-than-sound travel without afterburners, the F-22 can reach targets faster and with less need for fuel. Supercruise is the ability of an aircraft to reach or exceed Mach 1 without the use of afterburners. Without externally-mounted munitions, its supercruise speed is around Mach 1.8, and more than Mach 2 when using afterburners. There were myriad problems that caused the issue, but they culminated in a “hard-to-operate” oxygen backup. After a fatal 2010 crash was associated with the oxygen system, the aircraft was grounded to determine the cause, and starting in 2012 began being retrofitted with emergency backup oxygen systems. Over the life of the program, in at least 25 incidents, pilots have reported hypoxia-like symptoms. The F-22 has been plagued with problems related to its life support systems. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese/USAF)
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Air Force Lt Col Samuel Mcintyre, NATO Allied Command Transformation deputy chief of staff military assistant, breaths through a mask as he flies a flight simulator during hypoxia training at 1st Operations Group aerospace and operational physiology, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, December 5, 2017. I am not smart enough to figure out that math, but $44 billion for 750 sounds a lot better than a 50 percent increase in cost for a quarter of the jets. When production ended in 2011, the estimated cost for 187 of the jets was around $67 billion. The original price for 750 new F-22s was projected to be around $44 billion in 1985 dollars. The biggest problem faced by the F-22 program was not deficiencies in the design or emerging threats: it was the money. The F-35s and F-22s flew offensive counter-air, defensive counter-air, and interdiction missions, maximizing effects by employing fifth-generation capabilities together. An F-22 Raptor from the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, is ready for take-off for an integrated training mission on Eglin Air Force Base, FL, November 6, 2014. In the end, however, only 187 ATFs were delivered. After the wring-out phase, Nellis AFB, NV received the first of what were supposed to be 750 Advanced Tactical Fighters (ATFs). Flight testing began at Edwards AFB, CA, and the Combined Test Force received, in total, eight more F-22s to wring out. It wasn’t until 1997 that the first actual F-22 was delivered to the Air Force. In 1990, the first YF-22 flew, and Lockheed’s design was chosen in 1991. Stealth and supercruise speed were the emphasized characteristics, and Lockheed and Northrop were the two companies chosen to compete. In 1985, a request for proposal was issued for an advanced tactical fighter to counter emerging Soviet threats. Back in 1981, the Air Force was already looking to replace the F-16 and F-15, both children of the ’70s. When the idea for an advanced tactical fighter was conceived, Jimmy Carter was still in the White House, East and West Germany were a thing, and al-Qaeda had not been created. So, will the millennial or the Gen Z kid come out on top in this F-22 vs F-35 showdown? Conceived in the ’80s, born in the ’90s, is the F-22 that millennial kid who can’t get a job because of the recession? On the other hand, the F-35 is that Gen Z kid who has never used a hand-crank to roll up a window but tells you how things ought to be done.