{"id":387996,"date":"2026-03-17T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-f-22-raptor-stacks-up-chengdu-j-20-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:00:17","slug":"how-the-f-22-raptor-stacks-up-against-the-chengdu-j-20-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=387996","title":{"rendered":"How The F-22 Raptor Stacks Up Against The Chengdu J-20 In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor<\/span><\/span> and the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon are often compared online, but they are built for different mission sets. In a conflict, there may be F-22 vs J-20 engagements, but these might be avoided. Wargaming by think-tank CSIS has shown time and again that the biggest threat to US aircraft is being destroyed on the ground<\/a>, not so much in the air. Still, these are the two air superiority fighters in the US and Chinese inventory and are expected to be the tip of each’s proverbial spear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The F-22 and J-20 are two flagship fighter jets built for different missions with most their true capabilities classified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,12389,7786,628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-chengdu-j-20","category-f-22-raptor","category-fighter-jets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t