The F-22 Raptor is trending toward the scrap heap. The Air Force tentatively plans to retire the world’s first operational fifth-generation fighter in the 2030s.
After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the United States Air Force completed its first William Tell Air-to-Air Competition back in September at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia.
In March 2019, the United States Air Force didn't just conduct just another "elephant walk" – the term for taxiing a large number of aircraft before takeoff. The F-22 Raptor went into the sky.