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The amazing U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor headlines this year's Vectren Dayton
Air Show. The Raptor is the world's most advanced fighter aircraft and one
of the most sought after demonstrations on the air show circuit. Its
incredible maneuverability, aided by its computerized controls and powerful,
thrust-vectoring jet engines make it an astonishing air show performance.
The F-22 will travel to Dayton from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, VA.
The F-22 Raptor appearance in Dayton will truly be a "Homecoming" for this
sensational aircraft. The F-22 has its roots in two major research
organizations at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton: the present National Air and
Space Intelligence Center and Air Force Research Laboratory. F-22
acquisition continues under the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) also based
at Wright-Patterson, a unit of Air Force Material Command. ASC's 478th
Aeronautical Systems Wing remains responsible for design, production,
deployment, modernization and sustainment of the aircraft.
Major Paul "Max" Moga, an operational F-22 instructor pilot and the Air
Combat Command F-22 demonstration pilot assigned to the 1st Operations
Group, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia will pilot the
F-22 during the Dayton demonstrations. Major Moga is the only pilot doing
Raptor demonstrations for the Air Force.
The F-22's combination of stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and
integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an
exponential leap in warfighting capabilities. The Raptor performs both
air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of
operational concepts vital to the 21st century Air Force. The F-22 , a
critical component of the Global Strike Task Force, is designed to project
air dominance, rapidly and at great distances and defeat threats attempting
to deny access to our nation's Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The
F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft.
Primary Function: Air dominance, multi-role fighter
Contractor: Lockheed-Martin, Boeing
Power Plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with
afterburners and two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles.
Thrust: 35,000-pound class (each engine)
Wingspan: 44 feet, 6 inches (13.6 meters)
Length: 62 feet, 1 inch (18.9 meters)
Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.1 meters)
Weight: 19,700 pounds (8,935 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 83,500 pounds (38,000 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: Internal: 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms); with 2 external
wing fuel tanks: 26,000 pounds (11,900 kilograms)
Payload: Same as armament air-to-air or air-to-ground loadouts; with or
without 2 external wing fuel tanks.
Speed: 1,140 miles per hour (Mach 1.72); supercruise at altitude
Range: More than 1,850 miles ferry range with 2 external wing fuel tanks
(1,600 nautical miles)
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Armament: One M61A2 20-millimeter cannon with 480 rounds, internal side
weapon bays carriage of two AIM-9 infrared (heat seeking) air-to-air
missiles and internal main weapon bays carriage of six AIM-120 radar-guided
air-to-air missiles (air-to-air loadout) or two 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAMs and
two AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles (air-to-ground loadout)
Crew: One
Unit Cost: $159.9 million (then year dollars)
Initial operating capability: December 2005
Inventory: Total force, 91
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