U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters faces engine shortage

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U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighters faces engine shortage
 
By
Dylan Malyasov
Jun 23, 2020
 

The F-22 Raptor, a critical component of the Global Strike Task Force, is designed to project air dominance, rapidly and at great distances and defeat threats attempting to deny access to U.S. nation’s Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

For the past several years, the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet is facing a shortage of Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines.

Air Combat Command head Gen. Mike Holmes during an event hosted by the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies has confirmed that F-22 faces a shortage of engines.

https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-air-forces-f-22-raptor-stealth-fighters-faces-engine-shortage.html

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On December 15, 2005, the U.S. Air Force declared the F-22 Raptor combat-ready, having achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) status.

Now, lets try it with engines...


We rely on these folks to forecast battle strategies and emerging threats and they cannot even figure out how many aircraft engines to buy... geeezzz