The Air Force’s 2025 fiscal budget proposal explicitly calls out several key upgrades to the F-22.
Credit: Senior Airman Julia Lebens/U.S. Air Force
With no replacement in sight and a $14 billion pipeline of upgrades in progress, the U.S. Air Force’s niche fleet of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors is suddenly enjoying a long, bright future. After being marked three years ago for retirement by the end of this decade by a former Air Force chief of...
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