General Ronald E. Keys, Commander of Air Combat Command, made the historic announcement at Langley Air Force Base, Va., from a Raptor hangar near his headquarters. ‘The F-22A fulfills a long quest to bring 5th generation capabilities of stealth, supercruise, and precision to the warfighter today and for decades to come,’ said General Keys in an Air Force news release. ‘If we go to war tomorrow, the Raptor will go with us.’
Twelve are operational now, with a full 107 to be implemented by the end of the contract with Lockheed Martin.
How cool is the 5th-generation warplane? Think F-14 speed, F-15 weapons, F-117 stealth, A-6E radar, a Tomahawk missle (two JDAMs to be precise), Tiger Woods, and LaVar Arrington all rolled into one.
Now imagine a bunch of those bad boys being unleashed on some primitive socialist terror-supporting backwater dictatorship anywhere in the world?
Enemies of freedom; look out!