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Aircraft Details

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

General characteristics

 * Crew: 1
 * Length: 62ft 1in (18.90m)
 * Wingspan: 44ft 6in (13.56m)
 * Height: 16ft 8in (5.08m)
 * Wing area: 840ft (78.04sq m)
 * Airfoil: NACA 64A?05.92 root, NACA 64A?04.29 tip
 * Empty weight: 43,430lb (19,700kg)
 * Loaded weight: 64,460lb (29,300kg[N 3])
 * Max takeoff weight: 83,500lb (38,000kg)
 * Powerplant: 2 Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofans
    - Dry thrust: 23,500lb (104kN) each
    - Thrust with afterburner: 35,000+ lb (156+ kN) each
 * Fuel capacity: 18,000lb (8,200kg) internally, or 26,000lb (11,900kg) with two external fuel tanks

Performance

 * Maximum speed:
    - At altitude: Mach 2.25 (1,500mph, 2,410km/h)
    - Supercruise: Mach 1.82 (1,220mph, 1,963km/h)
 * Range: >1,600 nm (1,840mi, 2,960km) with 2 external fuel tanks
 * Combat radius: 410nm (471mi, 759km)
 * Ferry range: 2,000mi (1,738nm, 3,219km)
 * Service ceiling: 65,000ft (19,812m)
 * Wing loading: 77sq lb/ft (375sq kg/m)
 * Thrust/weight: 1.08 (1.26 with loaded weight and 50% fuel)
 * Maximum design g-load: -3.0/+9.0g

USAF poster overview of key features and armament

Armament

 * Guns: 1 20 mm (0.787in) M61A2 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon in starboard wing root, 480 rounds
 * Air to air loadout:
    - 6 AIM-120 AMRAAM
    - 2 AIM-9 Sidewinder
 * Air to ground loadout:
    - 2 AIM-120 AMRAAM and
    - 2 AIM-9 Sidewinder for self-protection, and one of the following:
        + 2 1,000lb (450kg) JDAM or
        + 8 250lb (110kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
 * Hardpoints: 4 under-wing pylon stations can be fitted to carry 600US gallon drop tanks or weapons, each with a capacity of 5,000lb (2,268kg).

Avionics

 * RWR (Radar warning receiver): 250nm (463km) or more
 * Radar: 125-150mi (200-240km) against 1sq m (11sq ft) targets (estimated range)
 * Chemring MJU-39/40 flares for protection against IR missiles.

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