A marine who flew the F/A-18, F-16, F-22, and F-35 says one jet stood apart

Former TOPGUN instructor Dave Berke, flew four elite US fighters. Of them all, he says the F-22 Raptor has no true equal.

How a software update to the F-22's engine is keeping America's stealth fighter flying into the 2030s

As the Air Force rushes to produce the F-47, it is also upgrading the Raptor to keep it cutting-edge into the 2040s.
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J-20 v. F-22: How Do China’s and America’s Greatest Fighter Jets Stack Up?

For now, the F-22 Raptor remains the greatest air superiority fighter ever built. But China is catching up. The Chengdu J-20 and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor represent the respective apexes of ...