How is the F-22 Networked and Built for Supercruise Speeds
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
02/22/2017
The Air Force plans to have the F-22 fly alongside the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-22 is able to receive target information for nearby drones by receiving feeds from ground stations in the combat area.
As a fifth-generation stealth fighter, the F-22 is specifically engineered for air supremacy and air dominance missions, meaning its radar-evading technology is designed to elude and destroy enemy air defenses. The aircraft is also configured to function as the world’s premier air-to-air fighter able to “dogfight” and readily destroy enemy aircraft.
“Air superiority, using stealth characteristics is our primary role. The air dominance mission is what we will always do first. Once we are comfortable operating in that battlespace, our airmen are going to find ways to contribute,” Col. Larry Broadwell, the Commander of the 1st Operations Group at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, told Scout Warrior in a special pilot interview last year.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1612527-inside-the-f-22-supercruise-attack-tech
