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Most impressively, the F-22 was the first fighter jet to incorporate stealth technology. In the increasingly contested airspace over modern battlefields, stealth has become completely essential. And for an air superiority fighter, like the F-22, to perform its mandated function, it must be able to survive in contested air space long enough to make that air space uncontested.
The F-22 is faster than the F-35 – MACH 2.2 versus MACH 1.6 for the Lightning II. The F-22 is 30 percent heavier, but it may be more maneuverable due to its Pratt & Whitney F119 engines providing more thrust (70,000 pounds) than the single Pratt & Whitney F-135 engine on the F-35.
The Air Force declined to say whether anyone was disciplined for the incident.
Without congressional intervention, the Air Force's ability toconduct air superiority missions will be increasingly at risk overthe next three decades.
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