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LOCKHEED MARTIN F-22A RAPTOR
1997
 
AIR SUPERIORITY STEALTH FIGHTER
  
     
 
 
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LOCKHEED MARTIN F-22A RAPTOR
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 AIR SUPERIORITY STEALTH FIGHTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
FIRST FLIGHT :
 September 7, 1997
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 December 15, 2005
NUMBER BUILT :
 195 (Total Production)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
LENGTH :
 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m)
HEIGHT :
 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
WING AREA :
 840 sq ft (78.04 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 77 lb/ft sq (375 kg/m sq)
POWER LOADING :
 1.09
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 43,430 lb (19,700 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 64,460 lb (29,300 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 83,500 lb (38,000 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon in starboard wing root
PAYLOAD :
 Internal Bomb bay Plus 4 x under-wing pylon stations with a capacity
 
 of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg); Payload May include the Following:
MISSILES -
 6 x AIM-120 AMRAAM Air-To-Air Missiles,
 
 2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-To-Air Missiles,
 -
 2 x 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM,
 
 8× 250 lb (110 kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, or
 -
 4 x 600 U.S. gallon drop tanks
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofan
 
 Engines, Producing 23,500 lb (104 kN) each; 35,000+ lbs (156+ kN)
 
 each with Afterburner
CREW :
 1 - Pilot
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 1,500 mph (2,410 km/h, Mach 2.25) (Estimated)
CRUISING SPEED :
 1,220 mph (1,963 km/h, Mach 1.82) (Supercruise)
LANDING SPEED :
 ---
CLIMB RATE :
 40,000+ ft/min (200 m/s)
RANGE :
 1,840 miles (2,960 km) with 2 external fuel tanks;
 
 2,000 miles (3,219 km) Ferry Range
SERVICE CEILING :
 65,000 ft (19,812 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Green, William. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Barnes & Noble. 1998. ISBN 0-07607-0904-1.

Donald, David. The encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble. 2000. ISBN 0-7607-2208-0.

  
 
     
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