FB-22 | Raptor Stealth Bomber

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Many years ago, the US Military had plans for a F-22 upgrade. This would have been a strike fighter, with an emphasis on bombing. Details surrounding the project remain a mystery, with some suggesting that the project was never really cancelled, but rather postponed for possible future implementation - but this is doubtful.
The project has, by and large, been forgotten. The only discussions online reference video games such as Ace Combat, where enthusiasts have visualised designs. Today, we look at the actual project, and what could have been an upgraded F-22 multirole aircraft.
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  • @janusz4156
    @janusz41562 ай бұрын

    The star of Ace Combat series.

  • @walterpleyer261
    @walterpleyer2612 ай бұрын

    With all the AI and UAV buzz going on, someone is probably developing a concept for an unmanned version of such a plane right now.

  • @GuvenALTN

    @GuvenALTN

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes.Baykar is producing Kızılelma stealth fighter UAV.

  • @jamesrowlands8971

    @jamesrowlands8971

    2 ай бұрын

    The Iranians already shot down the USA's stealth strike drone.

  • @angrylarsulrich1382

    @angrylarsulrich1382

    2 ай бұрын

    F 35 has a literal drone ai controlled version

  • @GNARGNARHEAD

    @GNARGNARHEAD

    2 ай бұрын

    something like the X-47b

  • @risingmoon893

    @risingmoon893

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jamesrowlands8971 The U.S. does not have a stealth strike drone.

  • @cozykeyboard
    @cozykeyboard2 ай бұрын

    4:15 AC7 reference in action!! Always enjoying your in depth contents. Thank you and keep up the good work!

  • @fluxmechanics
    @fluxmechanics2 ай бұрын

    With the B-21 Raider coming out over the next few years and that it can fly with drone wing man it probably won't come to fruition. As well they have the NGAD in the works. Great video though. I had no idea this was a concept in consideration.

  • @KING-tz6lo

    @KING-tz6lo

    Ай бұрын

    That will be in aunman drome

  • @mamarussellthepie3995
    @mamarussellthepie3995Ай бұрын

    Those pods were developed back in the 90s! They even put them on superhornets multiple times! There are rly good cad models of them you can find pictures of online too 😊

  • @IndianArma
    @IndianArmaАй бұрын

    This is basically the NGAD

  • @splatt356

    @splatt356

    Ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing when he said "the concept is still on the table or has seeded something new we are yet to see"

  • @henriyoung3895
    @henriyoung38952 ай бұрын

    Good video thanks

  • @edutaimentcartoys
    @edutaimentcartoys2 ай бұрын

    3:33 amazing design stealth bomber ... nice video

  • @solowingborders3239
    @solowingborders32392 ай бұрын

    It's a great deal of fun in Ace7. The first time I saw it was in Ace Combat X when I was a kid, and was bewildered by the thing. It also makes an appearance in HAWX as well although it takes up a different wing shape; more akin to the regular Raptor but merging the wings and elevators.

  • @gremlinhunter6109
    @gremlinhunter61092 ай бұрын

    NGAD actually an upgraded FB-22???

  • @HenryKlausEsq.

    @HenryKlausEsq.

    2 ай бұрын

    That'd be in line with the B-21 being a matured/modernised design of the B-2. A good way to bring new aircraft into production.

  • @shenmisheshou7002

    @shenmisheshou7002

    2 ай бұрын

    It does not make much sense to make a small stealth bomber because VHF band radar (the type used in the S-400, S-500, and Chinese Type 346B radars) can see small stealth aircraft like the F-22 and ranges of about 150 nautical miles. To combat this, the airframe has to be much larger than an F-22 or F-35, and that is where the B21 comes it. The B-21 is much less visible to VHF Band radar and could get much closer before being detected, making an intercept difficult. Also, while these radars do not have the resolution to lock on with a more conventional Surface to air missile, the resolution of the VHF band radars is sufficient to get a tactical nuclear missile close enough to destroy or incapacitate an F-35 or F-22. Many commentators live in a world where they think that the only thing that these stealth aircraft have to deal with is other aircraft and the only thing they typically deal with are aircraft of third tier powers. A war with China or Russia will likely be a war that sees the use of tactical nuclear weapons, and the VHF radars have good enough resolution to get a 10 kiloton warhead close enough to down or incapacitate an F-22 of F-35. People are stupid to think that China or Russia would not use this kind of weapon. If we attack China or Russia, they will certainly do so. And just to be clear, no US fighter has shot down a Soviet, Russian, or Chines air force aircraft since 1970. These expensive aircraft are only ever used against low tier combatants.

  • @Wyomingchief

    @Wyomingchief

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@shenmisheshou7002 you just spent a whole lot of time and a whole lot of typing just to say something that's absolutely ridiculous. First of all the Chinese will not use tactical nukes or nukes of any kind on a first strike basis. This has been quite consistent and quite clear, and in order to use a nuke against a stealth they would have to do it over their own country highly unlikely😂 Second of all Russia's radar capabilities are an absolute joke at this point in time and probably for the next decade or two. When ukrainians are sending drones in, nonstealthy drones at that, with the Russians sing nothing then what makes you think they can possibly even come close to intercepting anything in our inventory other than a 4th gen? Also you really have no clue on how stealth works, you don't get stealthier by getting larger like the B21.😂 There is a reason that the mature bomber platform the B21 has gotten smaller.

  • @Wyomingchief

    @Wyomingchief

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@shenmisheshou7002as far as the rest of your claims, particularly the nuclear and tactical nuke claims, they're absolutely hilarious and I'm not even going to justify answering them

  • @Wyomingchief

    @Wyomingchief

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@HenryKlausEsq.I'm sure it'll borrow a lot from the F-22 program, but it'll be basically a clean slate design. It's going to focus more on stealth, then on any kind of maneuverability

  • @EMNemesis
    @EMNemesisАй бұрын

    This is pretty cool review, will you do it on F-15SE Silent Eagle too?

  • @GNARGNARHEAD
    @GNARGNARHEAD2 ай бұрын

    was this written by an AI? seems to be completely unaware the last few years of stealth bomber developments or procurement timelines

  • @ronmaximilian6953
    @ronmaximilian6953Ай бұрын

    The FB-22 would have used to the avionics of the f-35, had superior range, Superior payload, and also been a better fighter. That was the first problem. The second problem was that in the early 2000s, we were completely focused on the global war on terror where something like the F-16 XL would have made more sense. 15 years later, the FB-22 would have been useful, but it has been supplanted by the next generation air dominance fighter

  • @lilragexox
    @lilragexox2 ай бұрын

    Ace combat mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

  • @MH5XXXX
    @MH5XXXX2 ай бұрын

    The FB-22 LOOKS REAL NICE.GREAT VIDEO.

  • @kilmer009
    @kilmer009Ай бұрын

    Never even heard about the FB-22 before. Thanks for this vid, very informative. It makes sense they dumped the idea in the early/mid 2000's, with the focus on the Middle East. It's too bad, had they not, we might not have seen F-22 production shut down.

  • @RJM1011
    @RJM10112 ай бұрын

    Sandbox news had a good video on what they are doing with the F22 the other week.

  • @jabmd2nd
    @jabmd2nd23 күн бұрын

    Ace combat for PlayStation. I used to play that with my two brothers.

  • @user-lz2qr6ih4c
    @user-lz2qr6ih4cАй бұрын

    flip wings up in right and down in left when turning design multiple up and down or not

  • @charlesdiggs5297
    @charlesdiggs5297Ай бұрын

    The NGAD program was born in this study

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota939717 күн бұрын

    I like it

  • @RonaldReaganRocks1
    @RonaldReaganRocks12 ай бұрын

    The thing looks majorly bad-ass.

  • @DrunkSailor73
    @DrunkSailor73Ай бұрын

    A stealth f-14 would have been amazing

  • @driverspy1631
    @driverspy1631Ай бұрын

    Es similar ala última versión del f16 q no llego a producción?

  • @kusumoo-uz8zm
    @kusumoo-uz8zmАй бұрын

    Install Iron Domes in vulnerable areas and ships on missions. !

  • @mylesdobinson1534
    @mylesdobinson15342 ай бұрын

    I believe some within the RAAF expressed interest in this as a top notch replacement for our F111's at that time. 🤔

  • @Axemantitan
    @AxemantitanАй бұрын

    It looks similar to the concept images that I have seen for the NGAD.

  • @koreyhimself
    @koreyhimselfАй бұрын

    They already have flown and test the next fighter and its competitors

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota9397Ай бұрын

    I like this powerful stealth bomber

  • @lindsaybaker9480
    @lindsaybaker94802 ай бұрын

    Would have been a wonderful replacement for the RAAF F-111c/g.

  • @johnathanfuell6820
    @johnathanfuell6820Ай бұрын

    We definitely should have had the thing! It would have been most useful as a Chinese and/or Russian deterrent for the present day.

  • @shenmisheshou7002
    @shenmisheshou70022 ай бұрын

    The problem with a stealth bomber the size of a stealth fighter is that it can be seen by S band radar at great ranges, just as the F-22 and F-35 can be. These radars cannot lock on, but they can vector interceptors to the oncoming stealth aircraft. The S band radar can't see larger bombers like the B1 and the new B2. The wavelength of the S Band is good on smaller objects, but does not work well against the large stealth bombers.

  • @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    Ай бұрын

    I don't think you know how radar works.

  • @shenmisheshou7002

    @shenmisheshou7002

    Ай бұрын

    I do know how radar works. I was an F4J Radio Intercept officer in the Marines and my collateral duty was Avionics Maintenance Chief. But none of that matters to you. If you look around the internet, you will find a great deal of technical papers on VHF radar and its ability to detect small stealth aircraft at great range. It is the wavelength that allows it to detect smaller aircraft. The antennas are too big to be mounted on airplanes so an enemy fighter would have difficult detecting and locking a stealth fighter BVR, but the VHF radar could see it from a great distance and vector an intercept. These radars take very large antenna arrays, and you can see these on the AGEIS destroyers and the Chinese 054 using the type 346B. But I am sure that you won't bother taking the time to do some reading about it and that is OK with me. Enjoy your day.

  • @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    Ай бұрын

    Sorry mate. I read a lot of comments about/ from people that don't. My apologies. Thanks for the greater explanation 👍 Full respect to you, Sir. Thankyou. (I did a tiny bit of material integration in composites for the new'ish thingos at one point, so yeah. My bad. Old timey blokes talking about "stuff" I guess...) I'm a solid 10-20yrs out of knowing how radars work myself, so my apologies. It boggles the mind these days.

  • @shenmisheshou7002

    @shenmisheshou7002

    Ай бұрын

    @@sambojinbojin-sam6550 Sorry for being snippy. There is a lot of material there and even Chinese papers on topics like range and velocity gate jamming, and the Chinese have managed to steal a lot of information about the F-35 itself so I have some confidence that they have also stolen AGEIS data, but that being said, VHF Radars are not technically complicated because they typically only do detection with bearing, altitude and speed, and this info is passed to the AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar, which does the terminal guidance. The AGEIS AN/SPY-1 itself does not actually lock the target and does not have the necessary resolution to do so, but at a distance, you just need to know they are coming and as it turns out, if you make the antenna array big enough, it can see a stealth fighter size target at great distances, however, it cannot see larger aircraft like the B2 or B21 due to the wavelength. I have read several published Chinese papers from universities and I would say that their level of sophistication at the college level is on par with US college level, meaning that once they graduate, the have a ready supply of engineers to go to work for their own defense contractors, and frankly, the Chinese produce more advanced Science and Engineering degrees than the US does (they passed us in 2019). Overall, I have the sense that many in the US and the west cannot fully grasp the rate of acceleration that is occurring in the Chinese defense industry. China has their issues, but having done business in China 20 years ago, and as an 8 year Marine vet, I would say that underestimating your enemy is a rookie mistake. If the Chinese say the Type 346B can see a stealth fighter at great range, knowing it is technically possible, I have little reason to be skeptical.

  • @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    @sambojinbojin-sam6550

    Ай бұрын

    @@shenmisheshou7002 all I can say, is the current and future air power of the US, has taken that into account. Mission planning and outcomes, for all factors and future planning, be they Air, Army, Naval, Marines or even Reserves, are taken into account. Current US air power will piss all over both Russia and China, on a two-front war. That is what they are designed to do, if needed and necessary.

  • @floathing1feather1
    @floathing1feather1Ай бұрын

    F117 never went off the service.

  • @Awesomes007
    @Awesomes007Ай бұрын

    I gotta guess that they never made it because they never actually needed it. We already have stealth bombers and the Raptor can do air to ground.

  • @squad-wh4ig
    @squad-wh4igАй бұрын

    So technically this could have done what the f35 does ..but cheaper since it's not a whole new airframe and probably be more capable.. except for vtol

  • @gimpsgonewild
    @gimpsgonewild2 ай бұрын

    the GhostBat design team should have a crack at it. a F-111 replacement should have had equal or superior range, not just longer range weapons. while the f-35 is good, it dose not have the range, speed or payload to replace it. 6,759 km, Mach 2.5, 14,300 kgs. vs... 2,800 km, Mach 1.6, 8,160 kgs. build the FB-22 i say!

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar71892 ай бұрын

    With the F-22 production line long since discontinued, we'd be better off making an FB-23. The YB-23 was stealthier and faster than the YF-22, but less agile. Agility isn't a key requirement for a medium bomber, but stealth and speed are exactly what's needed.

  • @KD_ASSASSIN

    @KD_ASSASSIN

    2 ай бұрын

    people still crying about YF23 and X32 😪

  • @drewski5730

    @drewski5730

    2 ай бұрын

    Parts interchangeability is the key here for using a derivative of the F22.

  • @pahtar7189

    @pahtar7189

    2 ай бұрын

    @@drewski5730: But parts aren't being made for the F-22 anymore, so if they have to start from scratch they might as well use the model best suited to being a medium bomber.

  • @drewski5730

    @drewski5730

    Ай бұрын

    @@pahtar7189 but making new parts will extend the service life of the F-22’s. The F-22 would make a great bomber platform.

  • @LSmoney215

    @LSmoney215

    Ай бұрын

    We don’t even know if the yf23 was even better than the 22. Ppl seats hype up the loser fighter

  • @drgonzo305
    @drgonzo3052 ай бұрын

    Imagine this with the new mako hypersonic missile from Lockheed. Be able to carry 6-12 missiles in full stealth instead of the F-35’s respectable 2

  • @DaveOz-mx5oh
    @DaveOz-mx5ohАй бұрын

    Is "bomber" the right term for F-22? I thought it was air-to-air

  • @Tyler.rexing12
    @Tyler.rexing12Ай бұрын

    Speaking of the FB-22, does anybody know the F-35 has been certified with nuclear warheads

  • @keyboard_g
    @keyboard_gАй бұрын

    Doomed like the F-16XL.

  • @danndann-dec4
    @danndann-dec4Ай бұрын

    Sadly the Chinese have the capability to detect this, maybe that's why most of them is discontinued.

  • @kusumoo-uz8zm
    @kusumoo-uz8zmАй бұрын

    Prepare, defense of the commonwealth with a calculation of 1/7 of the troops who are involved in the central battlefield of the King Abdul Aziz Jeddah Saudi Arabian International Airport assembly point. Thank You

  • @tachikomakusanagi3744
    @tachikomakusanagi3744Ай бұрын

    The reason it was cancelled is that the US decided to become Team America World Police instead of maintaining a peer focused military - they had no need for fancy stealth planes to take out gun mounted Toyotas in the dessert.

  • @GETNAKD
    @GETNAKDАй бұрын

    FB-22 has already resurrected as a program called GCAP.

  • @jaydenle1000

    @jaydenle1000

    Ай бұрын

    What are you talking about?

  • @GETNAKD

    @GETNAKD

    Ай бұрын

    @@jaydenle1000 The performance and layout required for the GCAP are substantially the same as FB-22.

  • @BionicBurke
    @BionicBurke2 ай бұрын

    There is no reason for the FB-22 with the B-21 Raider existing. The B-21 Raider claims to have all aspect stealth, making it the only stealth aircraft known to the public to be invisible to radar at every angle.

  • @9999AWC

    @9999AWC

    2 ай бұрын

    Stealth does NOT mean invisible to radar

  • @jamesrowlands8971

    @jamesrowlands8971

    2 ай бұрын

    There is no such thing as being invisible to radar.

  • @BionicBurke

    @BionicBurke

    2 ай бұрын

    You guys are really that dumb to take the word literally... but please continue to be dumb with the gotcha attempts. Also, if something was invisible to radar, how would you even know it existed? Oh.. you wouldn't.. guess we should also ignore all those weird ass UAPs that don't show up on radar either.

  • @BionicBurke

    @BionicBurke

    2 ай бұрын

    First off, don't be dumb... you know exactly what I mean. Secondly, how would do you explain UAPs that seemingly are invisible to radar? Aliens, am I right... You'd never know if there was true radar invisibility if you can't detect the thing or see it cruising at 40,000 ft+.

  • @Ryan_Christopher

    @Ryan_Christopher

    Ай бұрын

    @@jamesrowlands8971 If said Radar cannot get meaningful signal returns, then the target is effectively radar-invisible.

  • @sli-fox
    @sli-foxАй бұрын

    An F-16XL would be cheaper. Wouldn’t need stealth fighter/bomber if we already had stealth fighters clear the skies and SAMs.

  • @mountedpatrolman
    @mountedpatrolman2 ай бұрын

    Instead we got the B-21.

  • @wingman2tuc
    @wingman2tucАй бұрын

    B-21 Raider + loyal wingman Killed FB-22

  • @ZiaulK
    @ZiaulKАй бұрын

    Fanboying rn... I named my wifi roters F-22 Raptor, and extenders are named F-22+ and F-22++

  • @TheCyndicate
    @TheCyndicateАй бұрын

    Tooling.

  • @TaisinViper
    @TaisinViperАй бұрын

    the F22 walked so the F-35 could run same will happen with the next generations of fighter/bomber/do it all air craft

  • @mcburcke
    @mcburckeАй бұрын

    I disappeared because the B-21 program was starting to be developed about that time, in the "black" budget, so no money could be allotted to an FB-22 derivative.

  • @e.correa6704
    @e.correa67042 ай бұрын

    The Fighter stealth bomber is called F-35 lmao

  • @CharlesFosterMalloy
    @CharlesFosterMalloy2 ай бұрын

    What are the odds that the FB-22 program was developed as a black op program, much like the F-117 was - the US had the F-117 for years before it came to light that the US had these stealth mini bombers.

  • @jamesrowlands8971

    @jamesrowlands8971

    2 ай бұрын

    You live in unreality.

  • @gort8203

    @gort8203

    2 ай бұрын

    Nil.

  • @johndorsey3066
    @johndorsey3066Ай бұрын

    Why lie,we still don't know what the F22 Can or not do

  • @donaldjonesgonzalez2761
    @donaldjonesgonzalez2761Ай бұрын

    🦊 (GIFT to Countess BIG); 150 units;👍🦊❤ Unlimited BUDGET all approved; effective immediately;👍🦊❤

  • @user-mj8ut3lb6p
    @user-mj8ut3lb6pАй бұрын

    ❤❤❤✈️🌠❤🤍🌠💙✈️🌈🌇 F - b - 22raptor Stealth ,bomber Ausstralian militray..💙 Aviation. 💙💙✈️🌠🌈..✈️ 👑 41 ציפיות . History.. ציפיות ..🌜🌜 6. שעות 🌟 2 , 38 Austr..💥

  • @tirsofelipeduranmendoza5432
    @tirsofelipeduranmendoza5432Ай бұрын

    The video was great, until the minute 8. From theres was just self bias . No dude, that thing wont fool the russian nor chines for long

  • @brianholden2609
    @brianholden2609Ай бұрын

    "...Has inexplicably fallen off the drawing board..." Too cost effective it would seem, profit margins aren't high enough.

  • @jamesrowlands8971
    @jamesrowlands89712 ай бұрын

    "Only this incredibly expensive wunderwaffe could be used in these modern complex wars, where all our other wunderwaffe has proven to be ineffectual. Ignore the fact that the Serbs shot down a stealth bomber in the 90s, with Soviet missiles from the 70s."

  • @FallenPhoenix86

    @FallenPhoenix86

    2 ай бұрын

    You mean that incident where a particularly competent battery commander was able to capitalise on a litany of operator errors on the part of the coalition? Yeah... not something that's going to be easily repeated since it was incredibly situational...

  • @jamesrowlands8971

    @jamesrowlands8971

    2 ай бұрын

    @@FallenPhoenix86 so what you're saying is that you believe that propaganda made for idiots that the Russians and Chinese are incompetent at the form of warfare they train for most of the time, while the West is competent at it despite not having any recent experience or training in it?

  • @MarkFarrington-hb2ne
    @MarkFarrington-hb2ne2 ай бұрын

    It's too costly to purchase and keep in the air full stop, that's it so stop the nonsense

  • @Zetler

    @Zetler

    Ай бұрын

    At that time it was too costly and unserviceable due to the lack of sustainable stealth technology. Today however, it’s totally possible.

  • @logic.and.reasoning
    @logic.and.reasoningАй бұрын

    I call bull. "Near equal payload" to a B2..???!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 me think you need better fact checking and research.

  • @mrandrossguy9871
    @mrandrossguy9871Ай бұрын

    Huh bruh your not even trying, Why showing the successfully Failed latest entry of a game as a showcase for Real Information? 👎

  • @user-rp2nq1ev6x
    @user-rp2nq1ev6xАй бұрын

    I really like the concept of the FB-22. I really dislike the idea that the US believes we need a new stealth bomber like the B-21. Too many billions of dollars have already been spent on aircraft that, as it turns out, we didn't need after all. When the F-22 was being developed, it was already years behind the Russians as far as supermanuverability goes. They were still testing the F-22 when the Russians were already demonstrating supermanuverability with the SU-37 TERMINATOR. So then why did we go forth with production on the F-22?? Then, we didn't even use it for anything substantial. Wasted money and time.

  • @PopulismIsForBottomFeeders
    @PopulismIsForBottomFeeders2 ай бұрын

    lol, that's GTA:V at 3:53. Specifically, heading East over Great Chaparral just North of the Vinewood Hills.

  • @theebalz
    @theebalzАй бұрын

    LOCKHEED MARTIN is an absolute FAILURE when it comes to producing what they promised, and on time & budget. LOCKHEED MARTIN needs to learn to produce on time and on budget like NORTHROP GRUMMAN!

  • @logic.and.reasoning

    @logic.and.reasoning

    Ай бұрын

    Thats why most high value planes in the USAF are Lockheed

  • @hassanmohamud7875

    @hassanmohamud7875

    Ай бұрын

    Wwdew2 2😂

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