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94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor's" Demonstrate Combat Agility

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94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor's" Demonstrate Combat Agility

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A Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor" from the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base, flies behind a 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron McDonnell Douglas KC-10 "Extender" over Southwest Asia, Sept. 12, 2018. The Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor's" performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions and projects air dominance, rapidly and at great distances in order to defeat threats to the U.S. and our interests. The U.S. is postured to defend U.S. forces in the region from any threat.

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but also with ground attack, electronic warfare, and signal intelligence capabilities. The prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, built most of the F-22's airframe and weapons systems and conducted final assembly, while Boeing provided the wings, aft fuselage, avionics integration, and training systems. USAF officials consider the F-22 a critical component of the service's tactical air power. Its combination of stealth, aerodynamic performance, and situational awareness enable unprecedented air combat capabilities and originally planned to buy a total of 750 aircrafts, but in 2009, the program was cut to 187 operational production aircraft due to high costs, a lack of clear air-to-air missions due to delays in Russian and Chinese fighter programs, a ban on exports, and development of the more versatile F-35. The last F-22 was delivered in 2012.

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