USAF F-22 Raptor

Celebrating 20 years of service!

The F-22 Raptor entered service with the U.S. Air Force in 2005 and has been dominating the skies ever since. It plays a key role in protecting our Nation’s safety, as well as being a critical component of the Global Strike Task Force.

This aircraft is the perfect combination of stealth, super cruise speeds, maneuverability, and advanced avionics. This balance allows the Raptor to excel in both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, making it one of the most feared and famed fighter aircraft in the world.

About the Raptor Demo Team

Based out of the Joint Base Langley-Eustis, the USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team demonstrates the incredible capabilities of the F-22 Raptor around the world each year. Their current commander and pilot is Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau. This is his first year leading the team.

F-22 Raptor Specifications

Primary function: Air dominance, multi-role fighter
Contractor: Lockheed-Martin, Boeing
Power plant: Two Pratt and 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: 43,340 pounds (19,700 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 two external wing fuel tanks.
Speed:  Mach two class with supercruise capability
Range: More than 1,850 miles ferry range with two 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: $143 million
Initial operating capability:  December 2005
Inventory: Total force, 183