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F-22C

F-22C Super Raptor

The old guy fights back.

Empty Weight: 20,000kg

Loaded Weight: 30,000kg

Maximum Takeoff Weight: 38,000kg

Crew Composition[]

  • Pilot

Sensory[]

The F-22C is equipped with an AN/APG-77v3, a vastly improved AN/APG-77v2, laden with improved transmit/receive modules, mechanical steering to improve its Field-Of-View, high-resolution SAR imaging to hunt for tanks at 150 km, improved resistance to jammers, improved detection of LPI radars, and can also act as a powerful ECM at the same time. Two AN/APG-W-29 L-band AESA radars are implemented in the wings, and a tail-mounted AN/APG-T-24 X-band AESA is also standard. This makes the F-22C able to find F-35-size objects 50km away. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard.

Upgrades[]

ALQ-41S Distributed Aperture System[]

The stealth-treated version of the hyper-sensitive DAS, the ALQ-41S allows the F-22C to have 360-degree early warning against anything with an IR signature.

Armament[]

M61A2 (1)[]

The time-honored M61A2 Vulcan can pump out 6000 20mm cannon rounds a minute, allowing it dump its 300-round reserve in three seconds flat. A one-second burst is enough to pulverize most aircraft. Armored planes notwithstanding.

AIM-9Z (2)[]

With one mounted in each of the plane's two side weapons bays, the Evolved Sidewinder is the latest model in the long-running Sidewinder family. With a Box-Office vector thruster, ultra-sensitive “smart” IR seeker, a robust slow-burning rocket, and insensitive 11kg directed shrapnel warhead, the AIM-9Z is the most lethal in history, able to hit a target within 40km at a top speed of Mach 4. 60-G maneuvers are commonly part of this missile's routine. It can even target incoming missiles.

Air Dominance Package[]

With ADomP, the F-22C carries six AIM-88 missiles in its underbelly weapons bay.

AIM-88 (6)[]

The infamous “eighty-eight” of WW3 is the latest development in medium-range air-to-air missiles. The main difference between the AIM-88 and the previous-generation AIM-120 is that the AIM-88 is a kinetic-kill vehicle. The AIM-88 retains the exact same stowage profile and has a similar exterior as the AIM-120, but inside, it's almost a completely different missile—the only things that carry from the AIM-120 to the -88 are the fins and the missile shell—which has a supersonic intake duct mounted on its underside. The AIM-88 carries an advanced X-band active radar seeker, assisted by GPS and ECCM suites. A block of tungsten, acting as the missile's punch against enemy aircraft, is placed just behind the guidance system. Behind that, a rocket-boosted ramjet motor propels the missile. This allows it to hit a top speed of Mach 7 as it dives down on a target 200km away.

Ground Strike Package[]

With the GSP, the F-22C carries three AGM-140 guided missiles in its underbelly weapons bay.

AGM-140 (3)[]

AGM-140s are the next step in standoff bomb delivery: take an Mk. 83 or BLU-110, put in a radar, ECCMs, plug in an additional GPS receiver, a rocket, guidance fins, and you have a 100km standoff missile that can hit a target with just 1 meter to each side of error.

Upgrades[]

AGM-154 JSOW[]

Replaces the AGM-140s with Joint Standoff Weapons. The -A variant can disperse 145 BLU-98/B submunitions designed for use against “soft” targets, and the -B variant can launch 6 BLU-108/B anti-armor submunitions, each equipped with IR seekers that guide the EFP warhead to its target. Both versions have a glide distance of about 75km from high altitude, and can arrive within 10 meters of their intended cluster munition delivery point—more than accurate enough.

Protection[]

The Super Raptor gets new titanium alloy leading-edge panels in addition to the original skin.

In terms of stealth, the F-22C has excellent form, able to bounce or absorb the vast majority of all radar signals sent at it. IR- and Radar-absorbent coating is also applied to the aircraft. Finally, an extensive active-cooling system runs through all leading edges in the Raptor's airframe, allowing it to cut down on the its friction-generated IR signature.

F-22Cs also get a full-blown ALQ-110 Next-Generation Jammer, which uses six AESA arrays for all around coverage. In addition, it carries a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) jammer, an internal contraphasic radar jammer that makes it nearly undetectable in the X-band, and the standard chaff and flares countermeasure kit.

Upgrades[]

None.

Mobility[]

The Super Raptor is fitted with two F-119-PW-200 Turbofans. The engines generate a combined 250,000 Newtons of dry thrust, providing supercruise at Mach 1.8. When the afterburner is lit and the engine produces 325,000 N of thrust, it can burst through the air at Mach 2.5, but that is not recommended as it rips off the RAM and counter-IR coating applied to the Super Raptor's skin. An extra contour is provided to cool the engine exhaust. The F-22C has an increased combat radius of 1600km, with half of that in supercruise, thanks to larger internal fuel stores and increased engine efficiency.

Upgrades[]

None.

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