The U.S. government has kept most things about the F-22 Raptor highly classified. But some things have come out over time ...

Update 5 AIM-9X Separation First guided launch. China Lake 1.2 M 19.5K 1G Test 722 Flight 132-339 Mission 10030. An F-22 Raptor in full afterburner during flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base ...

It carried out in-flight tests of the systems even before the first Raptor flew, in order to speed up its development. The aircraft employs a simulated F-22 cockpit in the cabin that embeds ...

“As we celebrate 500,000 flight hours, we look ahead to the ... first significant milestone in May 2005, when the first combat-capable F-22 was delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st ...

The US military says that the F-22 offers pilots a "first-look, first-shot, first-kill advantage over adversaries." The jet made its first flight in 1997; F-22 production ceased in 2011 ...