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What comes after the F-22?
The F-22 will be replaced by the NGAD jet, which will fly alongside the “F-35, which will be the cornerstone, [the] F-15EX as we come in, and then we’ll have F-16 for a while as well,” Brown said.
What is the name of the F 35?
F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions….Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
| F-35 Lightning II | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
| First flight | 15 December 2006 (F-35A) |
Why is the F-22 being discontinued?
The F-22 was canceled because America didn’t need a stealth air-superiority fighter for the War on Terror. The Air Force originally intended to purchase 750 F-22s to develop a robust fleet of stealth interceptors for the 21st century.
Why is it called the Lightning 2?
On 7 July 2006, the U.S. Air Force, the lead service for the aircraft, officially announced the name of the F-35: Lightning II, in honor of Lockheed’s World War II-era twin-propeller Lockheed P-38 Lightning for the United States Army Air Forces and the Cold War-era jet, the English Electric Lightning for the Royal Air …
Is the F-22 still the world’s best air-to-air fighter?
Although the F-22 remains the world’s best air-to-air fighter, it’s now more than 10 years old—the first operational examples having been delivered to the Air Force in 2003. Given the time it takes to develop a modern warplane, the Air Force must start thinking now about what comes next.
How old will America’s stealthy F-22s be in 2035?
By then—in the year 2035—the stealthy F-22 will be 30 years old while most the F-15C fleet will be more than 50 years old.
What is the Air Force doing to replace the F-15C Eagle?
The United States Air Force is in the process of completing its initial research on a next-generation air superiority capability to replace the Boeing F-15C Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighters.
What will the Air Force’s future air superiority fighter look like?
Thus, while the Air Force has not made any decisions on what a future air superiority fighter might look like, the service says that the so-called Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA) capability will be designed to meet threats that an upgraded F-22 and F-15 fleet cannot.