Boeing is teamed with Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force to develop the F/A-22 Raptor as a replacement for the F-15. The fast,
agile, stealthy F/A-22 will take over the air superiority role with Air Combat Command starting in 2005. The Air Force plans to procure 339 F/A-22s,
and production is scheduled to run through 2013.
Well there has been renewed intrest in the FB-22 by new news articles i have seen. It may be built because it will cost alot less to make the FB-22
than to make a new bomber.
Are you kidding me? There is no such thing, i mean why go up about 24 letters up the alphabet? might as well come up with a new fighter designation,
plus x??? The YF-22 is not an X project aircraft, not black enough, plus it is the first of its kind in generation, so ya no X.
i really like that slowflight pictures, DJDOHBOY. i bet the ailerons do next to nothing at all. it does make me happy though that the same sort of
stuff i do in my c-150 is done in the f-22.
and i think that that f-22x comment had to ahve been i a joke. i mean, come on, we all know they're only up to the f-22w!
The X-44 MANTA is a converted delta-winged F-22 which uses vectored thrust as its sole means of control. The plan is to convert an F-22 so that it
uses its thrust vectoring nozzles for its flight control, without rudders, stabilitors, or ailerons. MANTA could be used to validate the planform for
the FB-22. MANTA flights could begin by 2006.
Thanks to Zion Mainframe for having the image
posted on his AirAttack.com website.