last thing I heard about the 22 is that the gov is thinkn of only having 1 squaden of 22's & mast produce the 23's.
Yeah,not to sound like a war monger but,it realy has no enimes to fight.....yet. An besides,the joint strike fighter can be better utalized(which it was designed for)to be used by all services.Of course w/ modifications unqiue to each branch.The art of warfare is much different these dayz.
The sound barrier is around 750 mph (depending on altitude and air pressure). The F-22 raptor can go supersonic without afterburner, so it probably didn't need anything close to full military power to break the sound barrier in this shot - but it may have anyway.
Ya know,that occoured to me lattr after haveing said that I remembered it has super cruise capable of mack volocity without after bunners.That's gotta tell ya it can scoot out fast at military power!Thx for the update Aoleon,it still has pedale to spare so to speak,hehehe...