Some Pilots Prefer The F-22 Over The F-35

F22 Raptor and F35 JSF in flight formation

Express: USA’s new TRILLION pound F-35 fighter jet fail to impress pilots who prefer OLD F-22 model

THE predecessor to the US’s new top of the line fighter jet is far superior, according to pilots who would choose the F-22 Raptor over the newer F-35 “hands down”.

Lockheed Martin’s new fighter jet, the F-35, is part of a US programme which cost the country a whopping £1.3trillion ($1.5trillion). However, although the country has broken the bank to get state-of-the-art fighter jets, pilots would still choose its predecessor the F-22 Raptor in battle. For starters, the F-22 Raptor is capable of carrying more air-to-air missiles than its successor.

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