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Forget F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters: The US Air Force is flying 63-year-old tankers — and it’s becoming a crisis

Summary and Key Points: In June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, seven B-2 stealth bombers flew a 36-hour, 12,000-mile round ...
National Security Journal on MSN

F-22 vs F-35: One was built to rule the skies, the other to do everything

Summary and Key Points: The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II are America’s two most advanced stealth fighters, both built by Lockheed Martin but designed for opposite missions. -The twin-engine, ...
Aviation Week

F-35 Stealthier Than F-22?

I figured that there would be some kind of PR offensive out of the Joint Strike Fighter program in preparation for the floating of the UK carrier and the international debut of the F-35, and here it ...
The National Interest

Lockheed Martin to Incorporate NGAD Upgrades Into F-22 and F-35

“We think we can get most of the way to sixth-gen at half the cost,” Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Caiclet said. Can the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II—commonly regarded as two of the greatest planes in ...
The Aviationist

Trump Touts Twin-Engine F-35 Variant Dubbed F-55

President Trump described the F-55 as a substantial upgrade over the F-35, together with the ongoing upgrades to F-35 and F-22. U.S. President Donald Trump is currently on a tour in the Middle East, ...
The National Interest

The President Called for a “Super Upgrade” to F-35 and F-22 Fighters

Trump proposed upgrading the F-35 to a twin-engine F-55 and modernizing the F-22 to a “Super” F-22. Aviation experts question the feasibility of these upgrades. While speaking on Thursday in Doha, ...
NextBigFuture

Massive Combat Range Boost for F-22 Stealth And Other Stealth Fighters

The new Low Drag Tank and Pylon (LDTP) system for the F-22 can (and likely will, in adapted form) be used on the F-47 (Boeing’s NGAD sixth-gen fighter), F-35, and other stealth platforms to ...

5 Fighter Jets That Defined Air Combat In The Last Decade & Why They're Already Obsolete

Modern air combat has changed more in the last decade than at any point since the Cold War. Fifth-generation stealth fighters ...
Business Insider

The F-35's advanced stealth doesn't make it invisible, just hard to kill

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. What does it mean for a jet to be a "stealth fighter?" It means it's hard to detect and tough to ...
CNN

Trump floats possible new F-55 warplane and F-22 upgrade

The United States is examining development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an upgrade to its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor called the F-22 Super, US President Donald Trump ...
Aviation Week

USAF Boss Details How F-47 Program Will Differ From F-35, F-22

U.S. Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin, left, speaks when President Donald Trump unveiled the F-47 at the White House on March 21. At right is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Credit: Sipa USA / Alamy ...