If the F22 was canceled, you can kiss air superiority good bye. Right now our weapons are 30 years plus and aging. The Russians and French are developing systems which are on the heals of the F-22.
To be frank, the F-22 should have been deployed a long time ago. The contract was won when I was in high school and they are just now rolling them out.
Very bad development time.. but if we wait any longer, we will be in serious trouble. Dont believe me? check out what the indian air force did to our guys in war games.
air dominance means owning the sky, our current defense systems do this very effectively.