MILPOWER: History of the F-22A Raptor
Channel: MILPOWER
Date: 2023-07-03

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
I PRESENT TO YOU
THE MOST FEARED COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD TODAY
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE'S F-22 RAPTOR  

Take a deep dive into the history of the preeminent air dominance fighter; from its Cold War origins to the fighter's testing and validation phase. 

Discover the King of the Skies like never before...

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Most Feared Combat Aircraft
0:44 Contrails
4:07 Generations
11:19 Origins
14:59 Powerplant
17:36 The Black Widow
21:13 Lightning Strikes
24:25 Victorious
27:50 Lightning to Raptor
31:47 Combined Test Force
36:25 Outro

The 5th Generation F-22’s unique combination of stealth, speed, agility, and situational awareness, combined with lethal long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry, makes it the best air dominance fighter in the world.

The Advanced Tactical Fighter entered the Demonstration and Validation phase in 1986. The prototype aircraft (YF-22 and YF-23) both completed their first flights in late 1990. Ultimately the YF-22 was selected as best of the two and the engineering and manufacturing development effort began in 1991 with development contracts to Lockheed/Boeing (airframe) and Pratt & Whitney (engines). EMD included extensive subsystem and system testing as well as flight testing with nine aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The first EMD flight was in 1997 and at the completion of its flight test life this aircraft was used for live-fire testing.

The program received approval to enter low rate initial production in 2001. Initial operational and test evaluation by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center was successfully completed in 2004. Based on maturity of design and other factors the program received approval for full rate production in 2005. Air Education and Training Command, Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces are the primary Air Force organizations flying the F-22. 

MILPOWER F-22A Raptor [Pt. I]

Source Doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-JYCb9zxQHGNOyQ2sVaRGvzwJGmnB6SW8FXjE8bXpeE

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The Oncoming Storm

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