F-22 Raptor: The Stealth Fighter Only the U.S. Air Force Flies
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.
Source: nationalinterest.org