Vladimir Putin is boasting Russia’s new T-50 air superiority fighter will be superior to our F-22 Raptor. That’s mostly bluster, I’m sure, but I can’t help noting that we don’t have very many F-22s.
The Air Force decided that we could make do with fewer than half of the number we needed for a “low-risk” force, apparently because there has not been a great need for an air superiority fighter in recent conflicts. Instead, the F-22 will share the air superiority role with the much-less-capable F-35. Plus, we don’t even have the F-35 yet, so we’re relying on previous-generation technology. In fact, if some Democrats have their way, we’ll cut the F-35 as well. It appears Russia sees an opening.
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