Back to top . Back to top . The F-22 Raptor achieves air dominance through the skillful blending of stealth technologies, supercruise engines, agility though thrust vectoring, and integrated avionics. It is the one aircraft that can support American air dominance, giving us an asymmetric advantage. Back to top .
Air dominance is a precondition for all other successful combat operations in modern warfare.
Air dominance has proven instrumental in nearly every modern military victory, from the invasion of Normandy in World War II to the more recent Desert Storm operation. More importantly, it minimizes U.S. casualties and losses. Because of American air superiority, no American soldier, sailor, marine, or airman on the ground has died from enemy air attack in over 45 years. If we seek air dominance as this century unfolds, we must get on with the F-22. The goal is not parity or slight advantage.