What if instead the air force did a Super F-35 to replace the F-22?
Copy and paste the thurst vectoring nozzle of the F-35B into the F-35A.
Add the larger wings of the F-35C into the F-35A.
I have the impression that the F-35A could become something like the F-22.
do morons still believe in the high-low mix meme surrounding the F-22 and F-35?
.... it's not. The F-22 will be entirely replaced by the F-35 within the next decade or two when spare parts run out and you simply can't bolt enough upgrades to keep it viable.
Whuh
Why would the F35 replace a machine that's slated to be replaced by NGAD?
F-22 is being replaced by the 6th gen with options. F-35 is replacing the F-16.
>.... it's not. The F-22 will be entirely replaced by the F-35 within the next decade or two when spare parts run out
They still produce spare parts for the F-22 and F-22 is slated to be replaced by NGAD in the USAF and complemented by the USN's NGAD program, which has the same name and acronym but is a different program with a different role.
Like it could be "replaced" in the sense that in the next decade the F-35 could do a lot of things the F-22 could do but better just because it is, you know, newer, but it's not a true replacement. The F-35 can't supercruise with the F-22's loadout, but NGAD will probably be able to. The F-35 won't have a better radar than the F-22's airframe size could theoretically hold, but NGAD probably will. You get the idea.
F-35 is a single-engine plane with large payload bays that required compromising its aerodynamic shape. F-22 is a bigger twin-engine plane with smaller payload bays and thrust vectoring; it has fewer design compromises for multiple roles and is more significantly optimized for air-to-air combat.
It makes sense to keep the F-22 because it is still the best thing at what it is meant to do.
>muh dogfighting
smartest f22 fan
Dogfights will still happen, and the Raptor will hunt other jets, up to and including F-35 variants that have fallen into the hands of bad actors due to exporting it everywhere.
>NGAD
Stupid aluminum dorito and it's stupid drones. Stupid metal kite. Flatfish. Only stealth bombers should go all in on the death triangle look.
>fallen into the hands of bad actors
Such as?
China.
How?
Shenanigans and espionage in SEA
Your looney tunes scenario doesn't make me feel any better.
No you're not.
China, China, uncomfortable, China.
Point being, the F-22 is our trump card. It will ensure air dominance in the event of worst case scenarios within the next decade. All will be known in due time.
oh, you're one of those. I'm sorry.
>go to start up your questionably acquired F-35
>message appears on the screen that your current location violates EULA
>ejection seat fires and turns you into a paraplegic
You really think DRM is just for vidyagaems?
Wait...
Anon, tell us who runs the Singaporean armed forces?
Why did they buy 4?
How do you feel about the US selling the F-35 to Singapore?
Tell us about the Peng Shuai incident.
Leave this board spamming pla homosexual
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt, I assumed he was one of those "ISRAEL WILL NUKE THE UNITED STATES!!!!" types who are salty about the IAF having stealth jets. But no. He's the Singapore poster.
The F-22 will prove itself invaluable in the next great war and shut you homosexuals up just like bad Brad did this year.
Is “bad Brad” the guy who shot down the ballon?
The F-22 and F-35 are by far and away the two most OP planes ever in history for their time and there isn't a close third. There's no need to replace it as long as they have spare parts or until the GONADs or whatever it's called finally gets here. Kneel to America, thirdies.
What about ME-109s in 1935?
1937*