With F-22 Stealth Fighters Running Out, The U.S. Air Force Got Desperate

Forbes ^ | Jun 13, 2020 | David Axe

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A hurricane that struck Florida in late 2018 damaged and displaced so many of the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that the flying branch resorted to desperate measures to ensure it could fly enough F-22 sorties.

It underscores how few Raptors the Air Force possesses, and how fragile the fleet could be if it ever sustains major losses in wartime.

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Whatever. here's a more relevant post on the YF-23 the Northrop answer to Lockmart's F-22

Many argue that the YF-23 should have been selected over the YF-22 and these exclusive renderings show what a production F-23 would have looked like.
By Tyler Rogoway November 14, 2018

[puppypusher]

“Whatever. here’s a more relevant post on the YF-23 the Northrop answer to Lockmart’s F-22”

To tell you the truth I thought that YF-23 was a damned fine looking bird.

Unfortunately for Northrup they were not selected at the time.Its to bad they don’t have those plans available because we’re sure going to need some planes to replace the F-22’s that get destroyed in crashes or become hanger queens.

The U.S.A.F. can’t afford to have only 150 5th generation fighters and SAMs are getting better all the time.