F 22 Raptor VS F 35 Lightning II - 5th Generation Fighter Jet Comparison

The United States was for over  a decade the only country of the world to deploy fifth generation fighter aircraft with  the first fighter of the generation the F-22   Raptor having entered service in December  2005 followed by the F-35 nine years later   the U.S military has fielded the F-22 and F-35 and  complementary but very different roles reflected   by the significant differences in their designs  with each having its own relative strengths and   shortcomings a comparison of the two fighters thus  provides insight into how they have been designed   and what the primary purposes of each fighter  are development of Two fighters in parallel   with complementary roles one heavyweight and more  costly and the other light and relatively cheap   is far from unprecedented the F-22 as an elite  heavy fighter built to engage the most advanced   enemy combat aircraft as a direct successor  to the f-15c eagle and f4e Phantom from the   respective fourth and third Generations while  the F-35 follows on from the F-16 Falcon and   the f5e tiger 2 in fulfilling the role of a  low-cost and versatile light fighter capable   of fulfilling any number of roles on the  battlefield but specialized in none of them foreign the heavy air superiority Fighters have  been far more restricted in their exports   compared to their lighter counterparts  with the F-22 band from export entirely   while lighter aircraft have been  built in much larger numbers widely   exported to all manner of U.S allies and  non-aligned states and in the fourth and   fifth Generations also acquired in much  larger numbers by the U.S military itself the F-35 lightning II is a Lockheed Martin  aircraft first introduced in 2015. on the   other hand the F-22 Raptor was first introduced  in 2005 by Lockheed Martin aeromonics and Boeing   defense space and security most of the  airframe and weapon system for F-22 was   developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics while  Boeing defense space and security contributed   to the development of wings and integration of  avionics and Training Systems let's Stack Up   F-22 and F-35 against each other and find out  the best in them it will be out of your mind   in 1991 the U.S Air Force declared Lockheed  and Pratt Whitney as the winners of the program   that was how the F-22 Raptor was born F-22  Raptor is a twin engine stealth tactical fighter   developed exclusively for the United States Air  Force the aircraft was originally designed as an   air superiority aircraft but it also has other  capabilities like electronic warfare signal   interception ground attack Etc F-22 is a fifth  generation air superiority aircraft although   in stealth technology it is considered a fourth  generation fighter it is one of the few aircraft   which have super maneuverability supercruise  stealth and Sensor Fusion all at a single platform   whereas the F-35 lightning II is a product of  The Joint Strike Fighter program on November   16 1996 Lockheed Martin and Boeing were awarded  contracts for The Joint Strike Fighter program   each firm had to develop two aircraft to Showcase  conventional takeoff and Landing carrier takeoff   and landing and short takeoff in vertical  Landing on 26 October 2001 Lockheed Martin's   x-35 was declared the winner of the program the  Lockheed Martin F-35 lightning II is a family of   fifth generation single engine stealth multi-role  aircraft designed primarily for strike missions   the F-35 is the first operational short takeoff  in vertical Landing stealth aircraft now let's   take a look at the feature which differentiate  the F-22 Raptor from the F-35 lightning II   engine configuration the F-22 is a twin-engine  aircraft whereas the F-35 is a single engine   aircraft the number of engines that an aircraft  must have is often a subject of debate but each   configuration has its own set of advantages  and disadvantages for instance in the area of   air safety and survivability twin-engine aircraft  outperforms single-engine aircraft whereas in the   area of maneuverability and maintainability  single engine configuration is preferred compact design and roles the primary role  of F-22 is air-to-air combat whereas the   F-35 is designed to be more Adept at the  air-to-surface Warfare the weapon bays in   F-22 are wide and shallow on the contrary  the weapon bays in F-35 are narrow and deep   this is because F-22 is optimized to carry more  air-to-air missiles and F-35 is optimized for   carrying powerful air-to-surface bombs like  2 000 pounds of joint direct attack munition the speed there is a significant difference in  the speed of the F-35 and F-22 this is because the   F-22 is designed as an air superiority aircraft  heat and high operational altitude are the basic   features of F-22 unlike F35 which is designed for  different roles and capabilities the maximum speed   of F-22 with afterburners is around Mach 2.25  and for F35 the maximum speed is around Mach   1.6 with afterburners which is slightly greater  than the cruising speed of the F-22 with Mach 1.5 thrust to weight ratio usually single engine  aircraft have better maneuverability and thrust   to weight ratio because they are lighter in weight  but the case is different with F-22 despite being   28 to 32 percent heavier than the F-35 the  double f-119 engines provide a respectable   thrust away ratio of 1.08 on the other hand the  single f-135 engine provides a Thrust or weight   ratio of around 0.87 further the thrust vectoring  control in the F-22 adds to its maneuverability radar cross section the radar cross section or RCS  is an important parameter when discussing stealth   technology despite being designed in the 1980s  the F-22 is 10 times lower radar cross section   when compared to the F-35 thus providing more  survivability in combat due to this significant   difference in RCS some defense analysts call the  F-35 a pseudo stealthy fighter ultimately the F-22   and F-35 are the most ambitious fighter programs  in the western world to have produced aircraft   ready for combat although the F-35 is currently  restricted to a limited initial operating   capability and is not yet ready for medium or  high intensity engagements the F-22 uses a much   higher and more costly airframe but has suffered  from a difficulty incorporating upgrades and very   high maintenance issues which along with its low  production run mean it is likely to be retired   from service decades ahead of a lower maintenance  but more modern F-35 or even the old F-15   although the f-22s airframe had more potential  from the outset the handling of the program means   it will eventually be comfortably superseded by  the F-35 which continues to receive upgrades and   new technologies while efforts to modernize  the Raptor have been much more conservative   this contrasts to their predecessors the F-15 and  F-16 which both received upgrades and continue   to be improved in parallel ensuring that the  f-22's predecessor the F-15 has always retained   its superiority over its cheaper and lighter  counterpart the f-35s predecessor the F-16   the F-22 and F-35 are set to continue to define  the fifth generation for many years to come

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Length: 9min 17sec (557 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 27 2022