Forget retirement, the Air Force aims to see how good the F-22 can get

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With the future of America’s next air superiority fighter now in question, America’s king of the skies, the F-22 Raptor, is set to extend its reign well into the 2030s, thanks to a slew of upgrades already underway — and the list keeps getting longer, with some $10.9 billion allocated to improving the Raptor fleet by 2031.But with only 150 F-22s in combat service… Can improving this endangered species of a fighter really be enough to maintain America’s air superiority edge?

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