8. The F-22 Is Compliments Other U.S. Aircraft
The F-22 Raptors helps other aircraft perform better. Maj. Gen. Richard B.H. Lewis said, “When you are outnumbered on the battlefield — the F-22 helps the F-18 and the F-15s increase their performance. It gives them more situational awareness and allows them to get their expenditures because you can’t kill all these airplanes with just the weapons aboard the F-22. It takes the F-15’s and F-18’s weapons. It was very successful (in its) ability to get everybody to integrate.” It is also not uncommon for F-22 to accompany the F-35 which is optimized for air-to-ground combat, while the F-22’s designed for deep penetration & air combat.