Featured in RaptorBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareChina’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter EmergesLifting a play from western 5th generation fighter development methodology, China is facing its own challenges with 5th-gen fighter sensor fusion in the air. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareF-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With ItThe Raptor will never reach its full potential without a helmet mounted display, something that was promised with the jet nearly 30 years ago. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 23, 2020ShareF-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training PlanF-22s, which are in notoriously short supply, could perform other duties, including playing the bad guy, if new pilots needed fewer training sorties. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2020ShareF-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Crashes During Training Flight In Florida (Updated)The Raptor was on a local training mission when the pilot was forced to eject. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2020ShareHawaii Air National Guard F-22s, KC-135, And C-17 Do The “Elephant Walk” In HonoluluBehold an amazing display of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s resident airpower. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 15, 2020ShareThis Slow Motion Footage Of An F-22 Raptor Maneuvering Is MesmerizingThe clip shows all the work being done by the Raptor’s huge control surfaces and thrust vectoring nozzles to make the maneuvers happen. BYTyler RogowayMar 15, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareSetting The Record Straight On Why Fighter Jets Can’t All Simply Fly Away To Escape StormsOutrage over F-22s left behind at Tyndall AFB as Michael hit and statements saying they should have all been flown away are divorced from reality. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareThese Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are FascinatingThe photos are a reminder of just how much work goes into keeping the F-22’s skin ready for combat and the amazing science behind its stealthy design. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 12, 2019ShareAir Force Wants Its XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone To Help F-22s And F-35s Talk To Each OtherAn XQ-58 working as a stealthy data fusion and relay node would give America’s two stealth fighters the ability to fight together like never before. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 12, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareNavy Super Hornets Hit Big 80 Percent Readiness Goal, But Sustaining It Is Another Question (Updated)Air Force F-16s look set to be the only other U.S. fighter jets to reach this goal, which former Secretary of Defense Mattis laid out last year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2019ShareUpgrades Needed For Sustained F-22 Operations During A Crisis In Europe Axed For Border WallThe Air Force had planned to award contracts for the infrastructure improvements, including a specialized repair facility, next year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2019ShareYou Have To See The Rest Of This Shot Of An F-22 Tearing Across A Stormy Chicago SkylineThe epic image shows an F-22 rocketing past Hancock Tower as it pours vapor due to some very moist conditions. BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2019ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A YearWe finally see the study that was oddly classified on arrival and it has new relevance based on Japan’s desire for a new stealth fighter. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareMassive US Counterstrike Against Assad’s Forces Signals New Stage Of Syrian Civil WarThree hour battle with Assad’s forces is a reminder that other parties may not give the US the choice of staying out of Syria’s civil war. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareF-22s, F-35s Join Hundreds of US and South Korean Jets in Drill as Fears of War RiseThe major exercise comes after North Korea’s test of a new monster missile and amid confusing US policy pronouncements. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe USAF Is Adding a Newish F-22 to its Fleet of Flight Test RaptorsPulled from storage, the Raptor will help test a variety of modifications, possibly including classified upgrades. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareF-22 Raptors Deploy To Qatar For The First Time Ever Amid Iran TensionsThe deployment comes after Iranian forces shot down a Navy drone last week, which pushed the United States and Iran to the brink of open conflict. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2019ShareAir Force Admits F-22 Raptors Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Target On TimeThe service says it has made real progress toward that goal, but keeping availability rates up in the long term could still be challenging. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2019ShareCompany Teases New F-16 Flight Sim After Developer Ends Up In Jail Over Buying USAF ManualsThe charges stem from an online purchase in 2011 that ultimately led to a U.S. government sting operation. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 16, 2019ShareWatch This Ultra Rare Cockpit Video Of An F-22 Raptor Blasting Through The SkiesThe USAF is suddenly loosening its restrictions on video shot from inside the cockpits of its stealth combat aircraft. BYTyler RogowayMay 16, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 15, 2019ShareU.S. Air Force F-35A’s First Combat Deployment To The Middle East Has BegunThe Joint Strike Fighters will fill the gap left by the recent departure of the service’s F-22 Raptors and bring new capabilities, as well. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 15, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 29, 2019ShareThe USAF’s Plan To Move F-22 Training Could Make Langley Air Force Base Raptor CentralThe proposal would put more than a third of the entire F-22 fleet in one place. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 27, 2019Share24 F-22 Raptors Do The “Elephant Walk” In Alaska To Tout Their Readiness To Fight (Updated)Roughly 20 percent of the Air Force’s entire combat coded F-22 fleet was on a single runway at one time for a massive show of force drill. BYTyler RogowayMar 27, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2019ShareTake In These Gorgeous Photos Of A B-2 And F-22s Soaring Together Over HawaiiB-2s are back in Oahu and this time around they got some pics alongside some resident F-22 Raptors over backdrops that only Hawaii can provide. BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2018ShareUSAF Plans To Have Dozens Of F-35s Take The Place Of F-22s At Rebuilt Tyndall Air Force BaseA new Air Force plan would send the Raptors elsewhere for good, but rebuild the hurricane devastated base to accommodate three new squadrons. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 2, 2018ShareThe Last Of Tyndall’s F-22s Are Leaving The Base And May Never Come BackThe base’s Raptors are moving to four other locations indefinitely and the fate of other aircraft that weathered Hurricane Michael remains unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 2, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareUSAF Had Faulty Data About Whether Hangars Full of F-22s Could Survive Hurricane MichaelThe service is trying to figure out why its assessments of how strong the buildings were got battered in the storm, too. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2018ShareF-22 Raptor Came To A Rest On Its Side After Making Emergency Landing In AlaskaThe mishap is at least the third in just the last six months in which an F-22 suffered damage while landing. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 20, 2018ShareStealth Pushes Forward: B-2s Refuel On Wake Island, F-22s Fly From Austere Base In MideastAmerica’s most capable and complex combat aircraft are beginning to operate from new, untraditional locales with minimal support. BYTyler RogowaySep 20, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareWatchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate ForceA new report says the jets and their pilots are too busy with missions that don’t require their unique capabilities to prepare for conflicts that do. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2018ShareFlorida Air Base Hangar Turns Into A Raptor’s Nest As F-22s Take Refuge From AlbertoWith a tropical storm bearing down on the region, a flock of America’s most prized fighters is being stored indoors at Tyndall AFB. BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 24, 2018ShareF-15E Crew And KC-10 Boom Operator Talk The Merits Of Coffee While RefuelingNobody kicks ass without tanker gas…Or caffeine! BYTyler RogowayApr 24, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 19, 2018ShareAnother F-22 From Alaska Had A Catastrophic Engine Failure Days Before NAS Fallon CrashThe previously unacknowledged incident occurred at Tyndall AFB and resulted in the pilot declaring an in-flight emergency. BYTyler RogowayApr 19, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 15, 2018ShareF-22 Raptor Came To A Rest On Its Belly During Major Mishap Friday At NAS Fallon (Updated)Few solid details are available regarding this incident but USAF officials have confirmed that it did indeed occur and the damage is extensive. BYTyler RogowayApr 15, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018ShareWatch This F-22 Raptor Execute A Mind-Blowing Inverted Somersault At AltitudeFor the F-22 in particular, being able to quickly point its nose at an enemy aircraft even at low speed remains a highly valued capability. BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2017ShareRussian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?Reports of two separate incidents, weeks apart, sound almost too similar to just be a coincidence. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareWatch This Crazy Video Of An A-4 Running For Its Life At Low-Level From A Menacing F-22It’s like a frantic life-or-death scene out of the documentary Planet Earth. BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2017ShareSpec Ops MC-130 Provides Forward Arming And Refueling Point For F-22 RaptorsSpecial Operations Command and Air Combat Command are getting creative when it comes to poking holes in enemy anti-access and area-denial capabilities BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2017Share12
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareChina’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter EmergesLifting a play from western 5th generation fighter development methodology, China is facing its own challenges with 5th-gen fighter sensor fusion in the air. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareF-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With ItThe Raptor will never reach its full potential without a helmet mounted display, something that was promised with the jet nearly 30 years ago. BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 23, 2020ShareF-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training PlanF-22s, which are in notoriously short supply, could perform other duties, including playing the bad guy, if new pilots needed fewer training sorties. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2020ShareF-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Crashes During Training Flight In Florida (Updated)The Raptor was on a local training mission when the pilot was forced to eject. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 15, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2020ShareHawaii Air National Guard F-22s, KC-135, And C-17 Do The “Elephant Walk” In HonoluluBehold an amazing display of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s resident airpower. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 15, 2020ShareThis Slow Motion Footage Of An F-22 Raptor Maneuvering Is MesmerizingThe clip shows all the work being done by the Raptor’s huge control surfaces and thrust vectoring nozzles to make the maneuvers happen. BYTyler RogowayMar 15, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareSetting The Record Straight On Why Fighter Jets Can’t All Simply Fly Away To Escape StormsOutrage over F-22s left behind at Tyndall AFB as Michael hit and statements saying they should have all been flown away are divorced from reality. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareThese Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are FascinatingThe photos are a reminder of just how much work goes into keeping the F-22’s skin ready for combat and the amazing science behind its stealthy design. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 12, 2019ShareAir Force Wants Its XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone To Help F-22s And F-35s Talk To Each OtherAn XQ-58 working as a stealthy data fusion and relay node would give America’s two stealth fighters the ability to fight together like never before. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 12, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareNavy Super Hornets Hit Big 80 Percent Readiness Goal, But Sustaining It Is Another Question (Updated)Air Force F-16s look set to be the only other U.S. fighter jets to reach this goal, which former Secretary of Defense Mattis laid out last year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2019ShareUpgrades Needed For Sustained F-22 Operations During A Crisis In Europe Axed For Border WallThe Air Force had planned to award contracts for the infrastructure improvements, including a specialized repair facility, next year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 5, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2019ShareYou Have To See The Rest Of This Shot Of An F-22 Tearing Across A Stormy Chicago SkylineThe epic image shows an F-22 rocketing past Hancock Tower as it pours vapor due to some very moist conditions. BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2019Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A YearWe finally see the study that was oddly classified on arrival and it has new relevance based on Japan’s desire for a new stealth fighter. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareMassive US Counterstrike Against Assad’s Forces Signals New Stage Of Syrian Civil WarThree hour battle with Assad’s forces is a reminder that other parties may not give the US the choice of staying out of Syria’s civil war. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareF-22s, F-35s Join Hundreds of US and South Korean Jets in Drill as Fears of War RiseThe major exercise comes after North Korea’s test of a new monster missile and amid confusing US policy pronouncements. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe USAF Is Adding a Newish F-22 to its Fleet of Flight Test RaptorsPulled from storage, the Raptor will help test a variety of modifications, possibly including classified upgrades. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareF-22 Raptors Deploy To Qatar For The First Time Ever Amid Iran TensionsThe deployment comes after Iranian forces shot down a Navy drone last week, which pushed the United States and Iran to the brink of open conflict. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2019ShareAir Force Admits F-22 Raptors Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Target On TimeThe service says it has made real progress toward that goal, but keeping availability rates up in the long term could still be challenging. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 24, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2019ShareCompany Teases New F-16 Flight Sim After Developer Ends Up In Jail Over Buying USAF ManualsThe charges stem from an online purchase in 2011 that ultimately led to a U.S. government sting operation. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 16, 2019ShareWatch This Ultra Rare Cockpit Video Of An F-22 Raptor Blasting Through The SkiesThe USAF is suddenly loosening its restrictions on video shot from inside the cockpits of its stealth combat aircraft. BYTyler RogowayMay 16, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 15, 2019ShareU.S. Air Force F-35A’s First Combat Deployment To The Middle East Has BegunThe Joint Strike Fighters will fill the gap left by the recent departure of the service’s F-22 Raptors and bring new capabilities, as well. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 15, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 29, 2019ShareThe USAF’s Plan To Move F-22 Training Could Make Langley Air Force Base Raptor CentralThe proposal would put more than a third of the entire F-22 fleet in one place. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 27, 2019Share24 F-22 Raptors Do The “Elephant Walk” In Alaska To Tout Their Readiness To Fight (Updated)Roughly 20 percent of the Air Force’s entire combat coded F-22 fleet was on a single runway at one time for a massive show of force drill. BYTyler RogowayMar 27, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2019ShareTake In These Gorgeous Photos Of A B-2 And F-22s Soaring Together Over HawaiiB-2s are back in Oahu and this time around they got some pics alongside some resident F-22 Raptors over backdrops that only Hawaii can provide. BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2018ShareUSAF Plans To Have Dozens Of F-35s Take The Place Of F-22s At Rebuilt Tyndall Air Force BaseA new Air Force plan would send the Raptors elsewhere for good, but rebuild the hurricane devastated base to accommodate three new squadrons. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 7, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 2, 2018ShareThe Last Of Tyndall’s F-22s Are Leaving The Base And May Never Come BackThe base’s Raptors are moving to four other locations indefinitely and the fate of other aircraft that weathered Hurricane Michael remains unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 2, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018ShareUSAF Had Faulty Data About Whether Hangars Full of F-22s Could Survive Hurricane MichaelThe service is trying to figure out why its assessments of how strong the buildings were got battered in the storm, too. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 31, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2018ShareF-22 Raptor Came To A Rest On Its Side After Making Emergency Landing In AlaskaThe mishap is at least the third in just the last six months in which an F-22 suffered damage while landing. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 20, 2018ShareStealth Pushes Forward: B-2s Refuel On Wake Island, F-22s Fly From Austere Base In MideastAmerica’s most capable and complex combat aircraft are beginning to operate from new, untraditional locales with minimal support. BYTyler RogowaySep 20, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareWatchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate ForceA new report says the jets and their pilots are too busy with missions that don’t require their unique capabilities to prepare for conflicts that do. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2018ShareFlorida Air Base Hangar Turns Into A Raptor’s Nest As F-22s Take Refuge From AlbertoWith a tropical storm bearing down on the region, a flock of America’s most prized fighters is being stored indoors at Tyndall AFB. BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 24, 2018ShareF-15E Crew And KC-10 Boom Operator Talk The Merits Of Coffee While RefuelingNobody kicks ass without tanker gas…Or caffeine! BYTyler RogowayApr 24, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 19, 2018ShareAnother F-22 From Alaska Had A Catastrophic Engine Failure Days Before NAS Fallon CrashThe previously unacknowledged incident occurred at Tyndall AFB and resulted in the pilot declaring an in-flight emergency. BYTyler RogowayApr 19, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 15, 2018ShareF-22 Raptor Came To A Rest On Its Belly During Major Mishap Friday At NAS Fallon (Updated)Few solid details are available regarding this incident but USAF officials have confirmed that it did indeed occur and the damage is extensive. BYTyler RogowayApr 15, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018ShareWatch This F-22 Raptor Execute A Mind-Blowing Inverted Somersault At AltitudeFor the F-22 in particular, being able to quickly point its nose at an enemy aircraft even at low speed remains a highly valued capability. BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2017ShareRussian Su-25 Almost Hits US F-22 During Intercept Over Syria, But Is There More Going On?Reports of two separate incidents, weeks apart, sound almost too similar to just be a coincidence. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareWatch This Crazy Video Of An A-4 Running For Its Life At Low-Level From A Menacing F-22It’s like a frantic life-or-death scene out of the documentary Planet Earth. BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2017ShareSpec Ops MC-130 Provides Forward Arming And Refueling Point For F-22 RaptorsSpecial Operations Command and Air Combat Command are getting creative when it comes to poking holes in enemy anti-access and area-denial capabilities BYTyler RogowayMar 2, 2017Share