U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is the US Air Force's most advanced fighter aircraft. This fifth-generation fighter was developed and manufactured by the firms Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney.
This stealth aircraft can fly supercruise, i.e. fly supersonically for long periods without using the afterburners. It is also extremely manoeuvrable due to the thrust-vectoring properties of its exhausts. The weapons carried by the aircraft during a mission are carried in the F-22's internal weapons holds.
This picture was taken on 17 September 2023 during an airshow at Naval Air Station Oceana.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…