Why The US Air Force Wants To Begin Retiring Its F-22s

The DoD is asking Congress for permission to retire 32 of its F-22 Raptors. The F-22 Raptor wasn’t built to just be an air superiority fighter; it was an air-dominance fighter. The F-22 was the first fifth-generation fighter to enter service in the world (and remained the only one until the F-35 entered service in 2015).