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Lockheed F-22A Raptor Jet Fighter Plane

The Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 Raptor is a state of the art air superiority fighter built with stealth technology. The first F-22 Raptor was delivered to the USAF in January 2003 becoming operational in 2005, it is slowly replacing many of the older versions of the USAF's existing  Boeing F15's. The F-22 Raptor has suffered from major problems with the pilots oxygen supply system resulting in fatalities and the eventual grounding of all aircraft for three months in 2011 but oxygen supply problems still continue.

Lockheed F-22A Raptor Jet Fighter Plane

 
F-22 Raptor Specifications:
  • Crew: Pilot
  • Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m)
  • Wingspan: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
  • Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
  • Empty weight: 31,700 lb (14,379 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 80,000 lb (36,288 kg)
  • Engines: Twin 35,000 lb (156 kN) Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofans
  • Maximum speed: Mach 2 (1,325+ mph, 2,132+ km/h)
  • Combat radius: 410 nmi[65] (471 mi, 759 km)
  • Service ceiling 65,000 ft (19,812 m)
  • Wing loading: 66 lb/ft² (322 kg/m²)

F-22 Raptor Armament:

  • Guns: Single 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan gatling gun in starboard wing root

Air to air missile capability:

  • Six AIM-120 AMRAAM
  • Twin AIM-9 Sidewinder

    • Air to ground missile capability:

  • Twin AIM-120 AMRAAM and Twin AIM-9 Sidewinder and one of the following:
  • Twin 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM or Twin Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMDs) or Eight 250 lb (110 kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
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