Originally Posted by theking

...which is the lastest US fighter aircraft. In training exercises the F-22 kills F-15's (our second best fighter and the one which the F-22 is replacing) at the rate of 8-1. The claim is that no other country has a fighter that can begin to compare to the F-22. The F-22 was designed so that it can be easily updated as R&D comes up with newer and better technology. We currently only have 27 F-22's in service. It is intended to carry us through most of the 21st century.