That's why he is called the Kid

"Would you intercept me?" *seductively sighs "I'd intercept me..."

Man your videos are so much easier on the ears and eyes.. not obnoxious or tons of intro. Thanks for how you do!

"Would you intercept me?" *licks lips "I'd intercept me.." *gyrates hips with malicious intent

The F22 still rules the skies, nothing can touch it.

My brother was an engineer at Lockheed back in the early 1990's working on this. The intakes are his. When I asked him and his buddies about adversaries all they said was" clubbing baby seals". Still that way 30 years later.

Only 150 in service? That's still larger than many Air Forces of the world!

2026 my rear end. Both the "super" Raptor and the latest F-35's are already flying. Those mirrored jets looked crazy.

I can't help but think about what it means to have a plane like this in your inventory for 20+ years in terms of learning to beat your own army. Even though they barely saw combat as far as we know, there's got to be a wealth of tactical & strategic knowledge that simply having them around to play with provided.

Great video!

All will bow before the Raptor

Your most welcome and the F-22 being a jack of all trades but still a master at some it's good to see like the F-15/16 will be upgraded to escort the NGAD as I doudt the NGAD can dogfight as well.

Many thanx PP 👍👍

But wait...... There's more If you order now --- You can get 2 NGAD's for the price of 1. Just pay shipping and handling.

Well FWIW, not in the subscription page yet in the bell icon pull down menu. Let's check it out...😎

It's on the main page, let's roll it.

The greatest most technology laden vehicle ever made, nobody even comes close and won't for years

don't forget sidekick weapons bay update!

The F-22 is the most manoeuvrable fighter ever designed. And according to its pilots, that's the last thing they ever think about. The Raptor doesn't have enemies, it has prey.

This aircraft was so far ahead of it's time, it's not even funny. I'm glad it's FINALLY getting much needed upgrades after better than 2 decades. It far outclasses ANYTHING in the sky today by any adversary or ALLY. Now think about the fact that it's replacement is already in test flights. Mind. Blown.🤯🤯🤯

The NGAD better be the dominance machine over the F-22. It is sad that we made less than 200 of the F-22. How many NGAD do you think we will make?

Love the mug! I'll buy 1 for myself and 2 as gifts! (btw your coffee looks like water! I like it dark and thick like mud. Also, dust off the ball cap or use the clone tool! 😉jk Keep up the awesome content! thank you!

I read somewhere that back in 2021, The US air force apparently lost 15 exclusive pilots for the F-22 because they refused the mandates. Not sure if it was even reported, so there now are N-15 F-22 pilots in service.

Glad the Raptor got a new lease on life.

The 'Grey Death'.

Now the problem it was built for has actually materialised.

It's going to get it's chance soon.

Benching the F-22 for 'whatever reasons,' is like going into the Super Bowl with the healthy quarterback that got you there, then benching him and going with the rookie quarterback from Utah or Boise state. I would think the owner would have you fired immediately, and get your star quarterback, back in the game.

F-117 Vid coming soon😅 been waiting a lil while🙏

Is there an aviation mug that says aircraft instead of airplanes?

Mirror finish raptors may be to get immune to laser shots.

I think the mirror coating could be a defense against directed energy weapons.

Both the Tomcat and Phantom had infra red search and track. Apparently it wasn't considered for the Fifth generation Raptor.

Doesn't the upgrade package also include a new helmet-mounted display system as well?

Not to mention the next generation AA technology that is already in hushhush service in AK and some that will enter in the very near future.

I've heard other channels that report that the Raptor has a range of over 1000 miles

Think about the crazy air to air record that the F-15 has... Now imagine that you have an F-15 that you can't see until its already fired on you from way too close, likely it's coming at you from behind or from the side, coz he saw you so early that he had the ability to choose his angle to engage you from.

Damn, i was expecting real Airplane knowledge. But the Advertisement blurb never stopped.

Is it getting HOBS? capability?

Very cool mug ☕ but not Raptor with purchase dang it 🤣😁🤣

the f 23 is the ngad they have been secretly improving it for years

When you're only ever going to have under 180 total airframes available, no commander is going to want to use them that often. Upgrade them all you want, but you're still going to have to deal with a limited supply. And real war is nothing like war games. Your opponent isn't going to give a hoot what your rules of engagement are. And things tend to break during combat, even when there's no one shooting at you.

Bringing back the drop tanks with a stealth coating.

I do not know what the F22 will ever face anything that gets near testing its capabilities.

JUST DROPPED IN TO SEE WHAT CONDITION YOUR CONDITION WAS IN, SO WHATS THE FINAL MARK.

I say that they should keep the F-22 Raptor in service even when the 6th generation fighter jets are finished. The F-22 Raptor in the king of the sky.

XF-108 Rapier when?

Yep, the USAF will have to upgrade Existing F-22 Raptors, F-16's and buy new F-35's & F-15EX's just to keep enough fighter "bulk" until the NGAD comes online in the 2030's.

WTF are they doing for 80 million per airframe??? It’s certainly not just external fuel/ammo and IRST pods.

ONLY ONE PROBLEM - U.S Congressional House Armed Services Committee on 04/17/24 Case in point: Of 186 F-22 Raptors, only about 93 are ready to fly missions at any particular time. TESTIMONY FROM the U.S. Air Force Secretary ADMITS that 29% or less than a third of F-35s built by Lockheed Martin are operationally capable! WOW.. Billions of dollars on a plane that we see at air shows are not military ready. Unreal

What about a F35 with 2D thrust vectoring?!

Is this a re-release of this episode Tog?

Amazing content 🌈💯

The new F15 ES is supposed to be super bad

3:54 that was not a cobra

It does not put out more thrust than a blackbird. The actual thrust and top speed for both of them is still classified.

🫡🇺🇸 from Vietnam

External fuel tanks and weapon hard point will effectively void the it’s stealthiness.

I believe a falcon is just as if not more accurate than an eagle. That aside i just love seeing a stealth aircraft carrying underwing stores.

Cant believe Ace Combat designed Fuel tanks for the Raptor before the US military complex

well it is the best 5th gen fighter because its built for one thing air to air fighting. Unlike the f35 which is multi role

Ngad has not been flown yet.

I didn't understand - $80M per plane just for some stealthy pods and tanks?

I still wish and prefer the YF-23 was chosen...

They even replaced the old urinal system, and it only cost $14 Million dollars 😁

This fighter is so sexy ...

if you jettison a RAM covered fuel tank, your enemy can recover it and reverse engineer your RAM formula and geometric design

Don't get me wrong. The raptor is definitely a formidable fighter. But calling a fuel tank and an IRST pod a groundbreaking upgrade is a bit of a marketing gimmick.

But the upgrades are all aspirational. The upgrades are on paper. The upgrades have not been completed and will most likely never be fully completed.

its an open secret that the actual top speed of the blackbird is conspicously higher than what they told the public for one, and for two, in full burner the raptor can outpace the public speed, for sure. for about twenty seconds before it goes from full fuel to bingo fuel. it is not an apt comparison whatsoever and i wish people would stop making it.

Thermal cloaking.... Black widow and grey ghost solved it to a point back in the 90s

Nice video, but unnecessary to use 5 and a half minute before getting to the point.

I don't believe for one second that the F-22 is capable of exceeding the speeds that the SR-71 was able to reach ( or the A-12 ).... Yes, the F-22 is a remarkable, amazing aircraft, but to make the claims that it's faster than the SR-71 is a very bold statement to try and make.

I wanna see a low cost (low-ish observability) single engine lockheed martin F16 replacement design. No, not the whale of F35.

3:22 - "Expensive Solution, in search of A Problem." Sounds like a certain Super Power's Modus Operandi. 🤔 Still, Outstanding Plane... Great Video. 🫡

Why tell the world? Just keep it a secret.

An AI Raptor is super, extremely dangerous because there is no longer any pilot to limit its capability.

A platform is only profitable if at least 2K are made.

We got robbed of the F-23 🙄

The New $500,000 Helmet upgrade was not included, and it's the single most important upgrade - feature of the F22. Why??? without it, the F22 is Worthless. Why you ask??? The plane can only shoot threw a None Movable FIXED SIGHT, mounted on the front of the plane. With the new HELMET, F22 can shoot in any direction the Helmet- Pilot is facing.

Ha ha ha nothing says useless like a dated jet that’s not in production any more .

F-22 NO other country has this plane. When we have 'swarm' capability... game over for the next 20 years for our enemies. Was the F-22 helpful in the Iran barrage against Israel? Probably!

F22 raptor vs su57 felon & j20 dragon, raptor stands no chance😮

It's all INSANITY! Help the sick and the poor..Help those who have NO FOOD, CLOTHES or SHELTER!!! Imagine if we put 10% of our knowledge and know-how on taking care of others who are less fortunate?

Say what you want, but the YF-23 was better.

Made to have dominance over the Soviet Union?? You are just making up a story. The Raptor was alongside the other hyper expensive weapons systems, made from a decided doctrine. In the time to come, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the US weapons systems was to be so far advanced in tech, that they could take on any attackers en masse. This was to be able to take on conflict, with the +1 billion population countries, if they became an enemy. The Raptor was supposed to be able to take on 20 enemy aircrafts, and win. This came from assumptions: That all other nations, would be stuck in gen 4 weapon tech. In other words, noone else would field anything better than an f-16. Reality turned out to be different, Chinas tech advance was a complete surprise, and they can field rival planes that the f-22 can't just dominate. Other nations, including Russia, has been able to follow suite. Especially missile systems, and infrared radars, have evolved to keep other systems in the game. Another problem arose, whether it be a B2 bomber, a F22 raptor, or a Zugwalt Destroyer. There is no conveyor belt spitting these things out, in a war of attrition, if one of these weapons is lost, US has one less of them. Examplified by B2 bomber, when one is lost, US has one less, a new one will not be made. Same with basically all these new hitech weapon systems. So a huge problem, the rival tech is much closer than anticipated, these systems are too expensive to afford to loose. In came F35. The idea here being, one system that can do it all. In this way, you can field great numbers of them +1000, and if one is lost, it can be replaced by a program that is still up and running. It was not a great solution, the F-35 falls behind on so many parameters, that it is a plane that will have to shoot and get out, in a sniper vs sniper like scenario. And in any large scale confrontation, with +10 planes on either side, the enemy must be assumed to get close enough for infrared or radar, and then the F-35 becomes a sitting duck, in confrontation with an air superiority fighter.

The raptor wasn’t created to defeat russian aircraft, it was design to surpass the F-15

Yes we are going to have the power and we own the sky😅

NGAD excites me so much. Cant wait to see what 6th gen is going to be like.