The Super F-22 is Absolutely Insane

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If they don't call the upgraded Raptor the King Raptor, command and conquer fans will cry.

"Would you intercept me ... I would intercept me."

I love when people say “The F22 is too old and too technologically deficient to keep in service; and the upgrades cost too much,” and then say “There’s absolutely nothing wrong with upgrading the F15 and F16 platforms and keeping them in the air until the 2050s,” when both of those first flew while we still had troops in Vietnam… Don’t get me wrong, the F15 and F16 are both legendary. But don’t tell me the F22 from 1997 is too old while the F15 and F16 first flew when rotary-dial phones were still a thing. FOH.

I changed my mind about 22 to 35 times during this video.

We’re going to end up with fleets of B-52s and F-15s patrolling the hyperspace lanes.

I know this is random, but the United States lost their last triple fighter ace of world war 2. Brigadier General Bud Anderson. The man shot down 16 planes during world war 2, and flew along with the legend Chuck Yeager. Rest in peace Bud Anderson.

11:45 LMAO. “Ever since sword combat, we’ve just been growing further and further apart. War is getting lonelier and lonelier”

I like how America openly debates pros and cons of anything military related, whereas China and Russia: "Our __ is perfection, the best thing ever, and can realign the planets."

Q: "Why spend to upgrade the F-22 when that $$ could be spent on the NGAD?" A: Because then we'll have upgraded F-22s AND NGAD.

Shutting down the F-22 production line was a mistake that is on par with the Littoral Combat Ship program. Short sighted and naive cost savings strategies that didn’t pan out.

The F-22 can NOT be launched from an aircraft carrier as depicted @ 4:55. It would launch from a nearby island base

Point of clarification: they wanted to retire only the oldest raptors because they were not built in the same configuration as the majority of the fleet and it was going to be really expensive to bring them up to standard config. Also, they didn't go from wanting to retire the raptor fleet to upgrading it, they went from paying for the upgrades with the money saved by retiring the early production tails, to just inflating the budget even more/pulling money away from ngad.

IRST is important because it provides passive tracking. Radar emissions can be seen by your target. IRST allows you to target an enemy without the enemy knowing.

3:20 the cavemen in 1998 made me lol

Even if there are some older 22's that don't have all the new bells and whistles, that sounds like they need to be moved into training positions, to free up the ones currently being used for training to be moved into fighting squadrons. Yes the pilots will eventually need to train in the newer 22's but getting their feet wet on these older air-frames will keep the hrs down on newer air-frames. No point is dumping the older planes when they can play a role in keeping the newer planes ready for battle.

I distinctly remember when the F-22 was first announced that the word "modularity" was very prominent in all descriptions of the aircraft. They claimed that "future upgrades would be easy and cheap" because of the "advanced modularity" of the aircraft systems. Of course, this unicorn like "modularity" has been touted for almost all military systems since the move from bronze weapons to iron. The only system in which it has proven to be even somewhat true is the M-16/M-4 combat rifle system.

2:17 Growling Sidewinder shout-out! Woot Woot!

Oh! Your f22 is evolving! Your f22 has evolved into a f22 super raptor!

The fact that the F22 is already being considered for retirement is crazy.