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In the early 1980s, Air Force began to pursue the Advanced Tactical Fighter program. Two teams made it to the prototype stage, producing the YF-22 and the YF-23. The YF-22 won the competition and went into production and testing in 1997. The Raptor first entering service in late 2005, and …

As tensions between Washington and Moscow flare, the Russian military is warning the United States that it has the ability to target stealth aircraft such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit that might be operating over Syria However, Western defense officials …