We will never see a Raptor land on an aircraft carrier for two reasons. The first is the person behind the stick. USAF ...

Engine failure has been cited as the issue with the Virginia-based F-22. It was in April 2024 that a Raptor experienced a nose gear issue upon landing at the base in Okinawa. The incident was seen ...

The fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighter jet is one of the most advanced planes in existence — the F-22 can reach a top speed of Mach 1.7 and has enough stealth that other pilots can't get a ...

Despite sending its most advanced aircraft and armored systems to other nations, there's one piece of equipment that the U.S. doesn't export: The F-22 Raptor. The F-22 is a supercruise fighter ...

Wing spokeswoman Maj. Alli Stormer declined to confirm the landing in an email Tuesday. The same newspaper reported an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter made an emergency landing at Kadena on Sunday.

An F-16 also made a precautionary landing at Kadena on Jan. 13, the Ryukyu Shimpo reported at the time. A day earlier, an F-22 Raptor made a similar landing at the base, the newspaper reported.

Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP An investigation is underway to identify the people and find out how they got into the landing gear compartment. They didn’t necessarily get on the plane’s ...

which powers the F/A-22 Raptor. The Metal Improvement Company also now operates laser-peening facilities and has used these to improve the performance of Rolls-Royce Trent series engine blades.

I did spend a day flinging Ram’s 702-horsepower, Raptor-hunting TRX around on the ... capable of traipsing over rocks and sticking landing after landing off sweet, Napoleon-would-approve jumps.

The new TacIRST sensors will be incorporated on nearly all of the Air Force’s remaining fleet of 178 F-22s. In a recent statement published by Lockheed, the manufacturer indicates that more than one ...