{"id":396535,"date":"2026-03-30T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/7-reasons-f-22-outperforms-newer-jets\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:00:16","slug":"7-reasons-why-the-f-22-still-outperforms-newer-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=396535","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons Why The F-22 Still Outperforms Newer Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does the Lockheed Martin <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"87592\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>F-22 Raptor<\/span><\/span> still outperform modern fighter jets? Short answer: No, the newer Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II outclasses it. The longer answer is that it depends on what capabilities are being emphasized. The Raptor was built as a dedicated air dominance fighter and is considered the world&#8217;s leading fighter jet in the air-to-air dominance role. Meanwhile,<span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2048930\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/the-incredible-power-of-the-f-35-lightning\/\" >the F-35 is generally regarded as coming second in that role and a more advanced multirole fighter overall<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the F-35 now outperforms F-22 as a balanced advanced fighter, the F-22 still wins in its air dominance role and some flying characteristics.<\/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":[396,7786,628,423,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-f-22-raptor","category-fighter-jets","category-united-states","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396536,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396535\/revisions\/396536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}