We own the skies over Iraq. Winning ground wars depend on us owning the air space now and in the future.
Air dominance is better insured by better missile/bomb/satellites than by Ultra advance and expensive planes
True enough. I'm sure if the F-22 was active already we would have used it. But we were dealing with a not so modern air force and air defense system. China on the other hand is a different story. High technology warfare generally works better against a high technology adversary. China has a decent modern air force (untested) so it would be interesting to see how the match up would play out. Here's to hoping we don't have to find out.