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HISTORY:
First Flight (YF-22) 29 September 1990
(F-22A) 7 September 1997
Service Entry
15 December 2005
CREW: one: pilot
ESTIMATED COST:
$142 million [2008$]
AIRFOIL SECTIONS:
Wing Root NACA 64A?05.92
Wing Tip
NACA 64A?04.29
DIMENSIONS:
Length 62.08 ft (18.92 m)
Wingspan 44.50 ft (13.56 m)
Height 16.42 ft (5.00 m)
Wing Area 838 ft² (78.0 m²)
Canard Area
not applicable
WEIGHTS:
Empty 43,340 lb (19,660 kg)
Normal Takeoff 60,000 lb (27,215 kg)
Max Takeoff 83,500 lb (37,875 kg)
Fuel Capacity internal: 20,650 lb (9,365 kg)
external: 15,865 lb (7,195 kg) in four 600 gal (2,270 L) tanks
Max Payload
3,915 lb (1,775 kg) [internal]
approximately 19,000 lb (8,620 kg) [external]
PROPULSION:
Powerplant two Pratt & Whitney F119-100 afterburning turbofans
Thrust 70,000 lb (310 kN)
PERFORMANCE:
Max Level Speed at altitude: 1,355 mph (2,180 km/h) at 30,000 ft (9,150 m), Mach 2 [afterburner]
1,070 mph (1,725 km/h) at 30,000 ft (9,150 m), Mach 1.6 [supercruise]
at sea level: 920 mph (1,480 km/h), Mach 1.2
Initial Climb Rate unknown
Service Ceiling 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
Range typical: 2,000 nm (3,700 km)
ferry: unknown
Endurance unknown
g-Limits +9.0 / -3.0
ARMAMENT:
Gun one 20-mm M61A2 Vulcan cannon (480 rds)
Stations four internal weapons bays and four external hardpoints
Air-to-Air Missile AIM-9M Sidewinder, AIM-120A/C AMRAAM
AIM-9X Sidewinder planned
Air-to-Surface Missile none
Bomb GBU-32 JDAM
GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb planned
Other unknown