Brits React to The New Super F-22 Raptor: $7.8 Billion Investment 

Congress actually passed a law making it illegal to sell the f-22 to anyone including Israel.

Retired jets would be kept in the boneyard for parts. The F22 cannot be sold or given away. they are so advanced that congress passed a law that the Raptor can't even be sold to allies.

No other country will attain any F-22 even if they retire them

The US usually does not sell their military technology unless they have something better already in their arsenal or at least have something in their inventory that can easily defeat what they sell. They usually keep their new toys and sell the previous old tech.

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The craziest thing to me is that the F-35 is the 2nd best fighter/multirole aircraft on the planet. And we sell them to several countries that are friends. The F-22 is old by comparison and still better in almost every way, and we can't sell them as a matter of National Security. The old horse is better than the new one in every way...

Both the SU-57 and the J-20 have been proven to be over-exaggerated in what they are capable of. India, Taiwan, and Japan have already shown the J-20 is neither Stealth nor does it have Super Cruise. The SU-57 has recently been detected by Ukraine, the UK, and the US and proven to lack Stealth and Super Cruise. The J-20 uses the same engines as the SU-57, but is a heavier airplane. The still unknown is the electronics and weapon systems of these competing planes, but considering one of Russia's modern Air to Air missiles was recently fired at a NATO spy plane, going 0 out of 2 in hitting its target, these remaining unknowns are most likely not all that the Russians talked them up to be in their papers. The two planes most likely to overtake the F-22 are the US NGAD and the Japanese F-23. The Japanese F-23 has Super Cruise and the same stealth level of radar cross-section. The base model F-22 and F-23 competed for the US contract back in the 90s, with a manufacturing failure being the reason why the F-22 was chosen over the F-23, as the F-23 had beaten the F-22 in almost all measurables in the head-to-head. It was faster, more maneuverable, could go further, just as stealthy, held more, and had capabilities to upgrade to modern electronics. Japan is the US's most favored ally, and shares in much of the most costly research in areas like radar, sonar, missile defense, and electronics. So they will have available to them the capability to modernize the F-23 to levels as good as the F-35, if not better. Japan was offered the F-35 program to fill its needed role in Air Defense, but they passed and requested the F-23 instead, which says a lot about what capabilities the F-23 in their version will have. Where the US is so far ahead of everyone is in the manufacturing. The tolerance levels in the different parts to achieve what the US produces is extreme and Russia, China, and Europe haven't yet shown to be able to mass produce products with such extremely tight requirements using the most advanced materials and alloys.

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F-22 pilots say that it is easier to pilot the F-22 than it is a basic pilot training prop airplane.

NGAD is already done, just not letting people know about it yet

you should check out a video about piloting the F-22 - the computers onboard do most of the flying - the pilot inputs the maneuver he wants to perform, and the onboard computers calculate best flight control positions to perform the maneuver. Very ahead of its time in its time (when I was working on F-16 avionics in the US Air Force), and still very powerful weapons package. Also there is videos out there of Davis Monthan Air Force Base - where jets go to die -- also known as the boneyard. That is where most go when retired.

while the first production F-22 was sold to the USAF around 2005, the design was worked on from the late 1980s and into the 1990s, and design and specifications were concluded before 2001. The F-22 has a top speed in excess of mach 2.1 , and can go over mach 1.7 without afterburners. It's stealth is such that most if not all RADAR scans yield a cross section from the F-22 with the size of about a bumblebee or a marble. The F-22's RADAR package when designed ... they forgot to put a budget on that part, so it had, for years, a radar so powerful that enemy electronics and / or radar equipment would be totally jammed by the F-22 running its radar at maximum power. Minor drawbacks: it tends to run out of missiles before running out of fuel while needing to return to base... but it can refuel in midair. The reason Lockheed martin and the USA military chose to make a plane like the F-35 is because they couldn't sell the F-22 to any country , no matter what. The NGAD would have to be tons better than the F-22 before they consider changing their minds on the rules about selling the F-22 to other countries. F-35 has certain abilities: newer avionics, newer communications, maneuverability tech like the ability to hover/ etc, can hold more and newer missiles by default? and that's about all. Setbacks: F-35 has a lower maximum altitude, and a top speed of about mach 1.5, while having a radar cross section that's about 10 times as large as the F-22.

PS: The F-22 is old, but still almost always beats the F-35 (aka Fat Amy) in air superiority fights. And Fat Amy is much newer, with better radar, etc.

The F-22 has been upgraded every year it’s been in service.

The F22 would still dominate any other “5th” gen advisory jets. The Russian one is more of a 4+ gen fighter and they only have a handful of them. The Chinese fighter is better than the Russian fighter but still would not top the F22.

It's not the tool, it's the operator that wins.

The F22 is unreal. That thing is said to had a radar signature size of 1 sq cm! About the size of a marble!

Well keep in mind, it can also receive updated components and configs so yesterday's technology can be added to the decade aged F22.

If they are retiring the f-22 they have something even more secret in service. Kinda scary

probably store them at dmafb tucson arizona (bone yard -recondition dept.)

It's crazy that the NGAD jet that is going to replace the F-22 looks almost exactly like the jets in the 2005 movie Stealth 8:55 which also had a AI version.

Think of this, when the Sr-71 came out, in the 1960s, it was way beyond anyone else... and when it was introduced to the public it was because we had something ( still undisclosed ) that was better and more capable. The United States have been 1 or 2 steps beyond everyone else, we do use our equipment long enough till it becomes out dated, then we put them in reserve units. The F-35 is what is 'seen' Remember we've been using Space fighters for over 20 years, have anyone seen them? It's what you don't see is what to look for. Think about it, the Sr-71 was flying for 20 years before anyone knew of it. I enjoy your program, im a military historian... have Peace and tranquility.

Many of the retired aircraft are sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Boneyard in Tucson, Arizona where the humidity is very low and the soil is hard. The AMARG's typical inventory comprises more than 4,400 aircraft, which makes it the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. The aircraft are cannibalized for parts, destroy, or later put back in service. I recommend you do a YT search and watch the videos. You will be impressed.

They sell F35s not F22s

We have given some aircraft to other countries, but that's not the norm. There are some planes that we've sold, like the F-35. We sink too much money into these planes to give them away. Typically these planes are stored in the desert (AKA, The Bone yard) to prevent corrosion, then their used for spare parts to may be pulled back to service in cases of emergency.

Have seen this plane twice at airshows. It is mind blowing and they don't even show all it can do at the shows. The videos don't come close to seeing it in action first hand.

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Never underestimate your opponent, that being said the "enemy" is not even close. Tough to get stats on any other countries weapons since they don't broadcast stats like we do. But we do have numbers.... This is only what we disclose to the public.

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The russian and chinese model arent even close to the f22 lol, for the US it comes to numbers, for instance you can make 3 or 4 f35s for every f22 you make shich means woth the f35 you can cover more area with amazing air support from a multi-role aircraft that is great at air to air and air to ground and just have a lot more if you ever take losses, the f35 and f22 are both miles above anything china or Russia has aswell so being able to overwhelm with f35s is cheaper than keeping f22s production on. US air combat doesnt focus on dogfights, we just snipe you before you knew someone was there lol

1:46 they’ll sit at an airforce base in Tucson Arizona, where it’s called the “boneyard” where retired planes go sit in the desert of Tucson. I believe Davis-Monthan airforce base. It’s the same base where we are training Ukrainian pilots on the F16. (Which I don’t get why they didn’t send them to Luke airforce base here in Glendale, it’s the largest f16/f35 training base for the United States) since they’re illegal to sell to our allies. 9:57 the Russian SU57 barely exist, there’s like 12 of them exist, and Ukraine has destroyed one already. The Russians are trying to say the SU57 would beat the f35 and F22 hence the 57, it’s the 35 and 22 added up together.

Crazy they stopped production. Upgrade it and put it in production again!

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We sell or provide them to our alies to modernize their air defenses. When the US “donated” $85 billion in aid to Ukraine recently, we gave them our current equipment and replaced to with new equipment for our forces.

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The crazy part is that the F-22 was developed in the 80's.

They would be scrapped. It is against US federal law for the F22 to be sold to any other country.

I saw a video that showed a single F-22 kill a record, 120 F-15 Eagles. Not exact on how many kills, but it was something crazy like 120. They went and built a Transforming Terminator in the air!

as they upgrade the fleet it will probably be handed down to other branches..much like getting your brothers clothes when you grow into them lol

Most retired jets will be used for parts, the F22 would probably be a Money Pit for most nations, F15's would probably be the Best Bang for the Buck.

If you think the F-22 looks amazing, take a look at the YF-23 it's competitor during development. Even crazier looking

The F22 would scraped,because they are banned from export, thus cannot be exported to any other country

The retired planes tend to be sold or are parked in a bone yard for decades. Then again as we get more technical we may not want them in anyone’s hands. Some old military equipment is given to the military reserves. Some is even sold to Americans ( trucks , tanks etc.).

The F22 can not be sold or given to any foreign country by law. If retired, they will be stored in the Arizona desert at what is known as the boneyard. You should do a video on the boneyard. It is quite an operation.

There is some talk about them eventually being transferred over to the top air national guard unit.

There has been some talk that either the sixth or the seventh generation NGAD aircraft will have what they call Meta material on it. So when that is charged, it actually bends light around the aircraft, making it look invisible.

Many would go to the national guard I imagine and the rest for parts. Laser tech is already tested on some US navy ships. To transfer it to planes is a big problem as the laser needs insane amount of power to be effective as a weapon.

Aircraft not sold to another country are usually decommissioned (things greased up for long term storage) at a site in the desert southwest. Google can take you there.

They would not be just sent to the boneyard. The most logical move w ould be to replace the Eagles in the National Guard with F22s. Also there has been talk of reopening the line, but there may be an issue if some of the machine tools were scrapped when production was halted.

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The first retired jets will be stored at "the boneyard" and picked apart for spare parts as needed. Once they are all retired they'll all be destroyed to keep secrets of its design and material technologies from becoming available to enemy nations. An example of this is the F14. Because Iran has F14's all the old F14's at the boneyard have been destroyed so no parts that Iran might need can be stolen and sold to them. Even the examples of F14's that are displayed in museums have had critical parts damaged in such a way they couldn't be used as spare parts.

I think there's a law that says no F22 can not be sold to another country! when they retire an aircraft, They go to an Air Force base in Nevada think somewhere real drive and stored and stored , so it can be recommissioned at a later date if possible

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WE WOULD NEVER GIVE THEM AWAY WE DONT EVEN SELL THEM

Checkout the boneyard at davis-monthan Air Force base.

The raptor has so many capabilities they don't really talk about just one is the ability to sneak behind enemy lines undetected and paint targets for other aircraft such as the f15 or the lancer to use the larger weapon stores they have to take out targets both air and ground i think the f35 can also do this

They will continue to fly for years to come.

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We ain't giving our best tech to anyone. They can turnaround and use them against us.

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Yea the F22 is exclusively only for our military we saw how good it was decided to never sell or trade it to anyone

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When old military equipment is retired, it can be sold, donated, or scrapped. I highly doubt they would donate or sell the F-22Raptor to a foreign country. The F-22 Raptor was never designed to be exported probably for this reason: it’s a lot of firepower to give to a potential future enemy, but hey, I could be wrong. My guess is the plan was to scrap them, which is a waste, and is probably why Congress voted no on that.

1:44 they will be torn down for parts and/or destroyed. The F-22 is ineligible for sale outside the US.

The F-22 is currently banned for export to any other country.

You should have seen the F-23!

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I never flew in the military but I have many colleagues that have. In this case, “retirement” means either being scrapped or being sent to storage to eventually be in museums and after an extremely long time they’ll be gutted for any weapons equipment and end up in private hands

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They wrap them up and store for emergency, exporting stealth tech is illegal

There's too much proprietary technology in the Raptor to allow anyone else to have it, not even our closest allies.

They have to limitations on the Raptor because it is so fast and maneuverable it can kill the pilot

No, they would not let other countries have the F22. They go to an aircraft boneyard. Certain aircraft would never go to other countries. Only joint aircraft go to other countries like the F35, F15, F16. no stealth aircraft.

Mothball in case needed later.

The Us military gets what it needs, but not always what it wants...

Can drop a Chinese weather ballon well worth the billions. Yet we still got veterans sleeping in a refrigerator box

NO...the F22 is the only airplane that is not exportable. Cannot be purchased by allies. Like the B-2 bomber, they are all stationed inside the United States.

Yes, expensive. But there's a saying: the most expensive is the one that wasn't good enough.

They raffle them off to the highest U.S. bidder. Citizens only,which means unfortunately you will not be able to get one.

Actually the Raptor does NOT do Air to Ground. It is strictly an Air to Air platform. I have seen sidewinders used as Air to Ground missiles in simulations but truly the Raptor eats planes only!! NO ground targets.......YET. I hear things....I hear things that the Raptor is getting all kinds of love and upgrades and will NOT be retired in 2030 after all. The Raptor will be getting external tanks and pods on the wings that will NOT compromise it's stealth. These pylons will also be able to mount GBUs and other Ground Attack weapons. Well the on board computer isn't up to snuff to do Air to ground so it will also be getting new hardware and software updates. The current configuration of the Raptors internal bays do not allow for any bombs or ground attack munitions. I can strafe with it's gun but again...computer is not made for that. Keep this in mind about our American Air Force. They always say we are going to retire...INSERT PLANE NAME HERE....because blah blah blah tooo costly too old...too out dated...but the reality is...they NEVER give up their toys willingly or unless they really have something better online. Example the B-1 Bomber was made to replace the B-52 because it was old and out dated and the B-2 was supposed to replace them BOTH! But here we have the B-52 now in the "J" Model with all new engines and upgrades to keep it flying for the foreseeable future. Same with the B-1, It was supposed to be fazed out but they are pulling surplus B-1s from the BONE YARD and refurbing them. The B-21 is supposed to replace the B-2...YEAH RIGHT!! just as the F-111 Night Haw was retired...50 are still flying to this day...the Air Force never gives up their toys....and do not buy into this "We are getting rid of the A-10" Bull Crap. They are going to strap HARMS on that thing and it will be even more deadlier than it already is.

No,because of the stealth technology.

They will probably be striped for usable parts and the air frames will be destroyed.

I assume they'd mothball much of them for a time in case they'd be needed.

F22 is not permitted to be sold to other countries!

One reason, they want to retired the F-22. Is the F-35 does a better job. Cause they have three version. Navy, Marine and Army. F-22 only have one version. Navy good for air to air combat longer wing to carry more payload. The marine is the hover mode. Easier to make F-35 into any version they needed. While F-22 can not.

The F 22 will not be exported at all. They will hold them as spare parts. The new Gen 6 fighters won't be available for a while.

So when the US "sells" allied nations fighters 100% of the time its a variant of the original jet. Think of it like models of cars. You can buy the base model but if you want to spend more money you can get more features on the base model. The US will ALWAYS have the top of the line model and we sell the base model to other countries. Its the same airframe just doesnt have all the performance and bells and whistles that the US model has.

By law, they cannot sell those F-22.

They upgraded the F-22. The J-20 is not that Stealthy.

They've sold a ton of F-35s all over the world so far. Not the F-22 though. That remains only here in the U.S.

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No other country has F-22s.