By Zachary Cohen
The US military gave North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a rare sneak peek at its fighter jet of the future this week when four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters equipped with a full payload of live bombs and missiles conducted a training flight over the Korean peninsula.
Along with its fifth-generation counterpart -- the F-22 Raptor -- the F-35 is widely considered the most advanced fighter jet in the skies but the US military is planning to upgrade both aircraft with even more firepower and combat capability amid a growing demand for US air power around the world.
The F-22 and F-35 have long been touted as the future of US aerial dominance -- the expectation being that the Raptors's air-to-air combat capabilities will work in concert with the multi-role F-35's advanced long-range sensors to maintain an advantage over emerging competition from foreign rivals like China and Russia.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/politics/pentagon-f-22-raptor-f-35-upgrades/index.html
