{"id":1609784,"date":"2022-08-17T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609784"},"modified":"2022-08-17T07:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:02:31","slug":"u-s-f-22s-head-to-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-f-22s-head-to-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. F-22s Head to Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-f-22s-head-to-poland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Video Above:\u00a0Air War in 2050 &#8211; Air Force Research Lab Commander on Golden Horde<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/page\/about\">By Kris Osborn &#8211; President &#038; Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the Air Force\u2019s fast-emerging 6th-gen stealth fighter continues to inspire massive interest and the global F-35 customer base is expanding like wildfire, it might be easy to forget about the aircraft many say is the single best \u201cair supremacy\u201d air-to-air fighter in the world \u2026 the F-22. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"><\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"f-22\">F-22<\/h2>\n<p>With the highly secretive 6th-generation aircraft already airborne and large numbers of F-35s showing up on NATO\u2019s Eastern Flank, it makes sense that F-22s could easily be overlooked. Not so fast, however, as the Pentagon is sending 12 Air Force F-22 Raptors to support NATO Allied Air Command at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, Poland, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3121347\/comusafe-welcomes-f-22s-to-poland\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force report. <\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><source \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Lopez, F-22 Demo Team commander, flies next to a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission over Spokane, Washington, June 20, 2019. Representing the U.S. Air Force and Air Combat Command, the F-22 Demo Team travels to 25 air shows a season to showcase the performance and capabilities of the world&#8217;s premier 5th-generation fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Samuel Eckholm)<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Photos\/igphoto\/2002864176\/mediaid\/5476583\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">af.mil<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"><\/aside>\n<p>Air policing will be the primary mission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/global-security\/the-top-10-fighter-jets-in-the-world-f35-f22-j20-su57-fa18-eurofighter-typhoon-f15-su35\">F-22s<\/a>, the service report says, adding that the aircraft will be moving to Europe from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. The F-22 has certainly established its ability to deploy in recent years, particularly in light of the Air Force\u2019s Rapid Raptor program now in place for several years. The Rapid Raptor program, focused on speed, maintenance, readiness and deployability, stipulates that F-22s operate with an ability to deploy anywhere in the world within 24hours. The program prepares four F-22s and crew members with C-17 support, fuel and weapons with the specific purpose of enabling a \u201cfirst-strike\u201d capability in remote or austere places around the world. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"><\/aside>\n<p>Readiness for the <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/china\/china-japan-f35-f22\">F-22<\/a>, Air Force officials explain, hinges upon a new software delivery strategy which sees incremental improvements less as \u201cproducts\u201d for pre-planned, spread apart adjustments &#8212; but rather a steady continuous \u201cpipeline\u201d of upgrades. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"><\/aside>\n<p>This modernization approach, firmly oriented toward sustained readiness for combat, has been in place with the F-22 for many years now. Several years back, the Air Force and Lockheed Martin put a fleet-wide, <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/china\/china-j-20-fighter-jets-f-35-f-22-fighter-jets-south-china-sea\">F-22<\/a> upgrade in place called 3.2b which added new software to several of its cutting edge weapons systems. The idea, as explained by senior Air Force weapons developers many years ago, is to enable a continuous and ongoing \u201cstream\u201d of upgrades and avoid having to wait for software \u201cblocks\u201d or \u201cincrements\u201d which can take several years to develop. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><source \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" alt=\"U.S. Air Force f-22 Lockheed Martin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/us-air-force-f-22-lockheed-martin.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgyMzgwNjU4ODM5MDY5ODI3\/us-air-force-f-22-lockheed-martin.jpg\" height=\"750\" width=\"1280\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" itemprop=\"contentUrl url\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">F-22<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/products\/f-22.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lockheed Martin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"m-in-content-recommendation m-detail--in-content-recommendation h-isolated-styles mm-component-stack--is-body-item\">\n<p><span>Scroll to Continue<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-component-header m-component-stack--header mm-component-header--is-incontent-rec\">\n<h2 class=\"m-component-header--title\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">Recommended for You<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to software, none of the old rules apply. It is a service and a pipeline today. We have to develop software differently. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/air\/china-j-20-f-22-f-35\">F-22<\/a>, there has been a shift from a traditional acquisition program into a continuous stream of delivery,\u201d William Roper, Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Acquisition, Technology &#038; Logistics, told an audience several years ago at an Air Force Association Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this \u201cagile acquisition\u201d program focused on software, the Air Force has now fully validated two new weapons for the F-22. The technical concept is grounded upon the premise that hardware configurations, air frames, weapons\u2019 racks and sensors &#8211; can all be changed with upgrades with software, .<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"><\/aside>\n<p>The two new weapons are advanced variants of existing weapons &#8211; the AIM-9X air-to-air missile and the <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/air\/aim-120c-air-to-air-defensive-weapons\">AIM 120<\/a>-D.<\/p>\n<p>This faster-paced software-driven strategy is intended to reinforce programs like the Rapid Raptor program to ensure that deployed F-22s operate at an optimal level of lethality.<\/p>\n<p>This F-22 deployment is also is quite interesting because, although the F-22 is thought by many to be the best air-to-air supremacy fighter in the world, it also does have substantial ground attack capabilities as well. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"><\/aside>\n<p>Few might remember that F-22s were deployed to attack ISIS in 2014 in what was largely a ground attack and \u201caerial quarterback\u201d sensing and targeting mission. Given this, it would make sense that the F-22 could also function in critical ways to hold enemy ground air defenses at risk. Certainly an F-22 could use its stealth and speed to evade detection in order to fire precision air-to-ground weapons at enemy ground locations such as surface to air missiles. In this capacity, the Air Shielding could also function defensively as a deterrent against ground-launched enemy rockets and missiles, something the Russian military is well-known to do. <\/p>\n<p>The Air Force report describes the \u201cAir Shielding\u201d mission as designed to increase the air and missile defense posture along the Eastern Flank of NATO\u2019s alliance and is purely a defensive mission to shield and protect allied territory and populations and is a key component of NATO\u2019s Deterrence and Defense posture.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"><\/aside>\n<p>It does not seem surprising that the Air Force report would highlight \u201cdefensive\u201d as a mission description, because placing <a href=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/air\/j-20-f-22\">F-22s<\/a> close to the Russian border is likely to make the Kremlin very nervous. Certainly the Pentagon does not want to signal any kind of offensive strike, however the F-22 is known as a \u201cfirst-to-attack\u201d kind of weapon. This capability could certainly contribute to NATO\u2019s deterrence posture in \u201cdefensive\u201d missions by ensuring that long-range rocket and missile launch sites could quickly be destroyed should Russia contemplate attacking NATO. This has been a predicament for Ukraine, as they have not had the air superiority necessary to destroy Russian rocket and missile launchers and have therefore been victim to countless missile and rocket attacks on civilian areas, including children. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"><\/aside>\n<p>Should US F-22s, and NATO F-35s establish air superiority, something quite likely given the small number of 5th-generation stealth fighters operated by Russia, those launchers and other ground targets might quickly be eliminated from the air by NATO forces. This, I would imagine, may likely be the point of sending the F-22s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Kris Osborn is the defense editor for the <\/em>National Interest<em>. Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army\u2014Acquisition, Logistics &#038; Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air military specialist at national TV networks. He has appeared as a guest military expert on Fox News, MSNBC, The Military Channel, and The History Channel. He also has a Master\u2019s Degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><source \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" alt=\"Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven President\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kris-osborn-warrior-maven-presidentjpg.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/warriormaven.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTg1MjE0Mjc5ODg3MTAzMjU3\/kris-osborn-warrior-maven-presidentjpg.jpg\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" itemprop=\"contentUrl url\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven President &#8211; Center for Military Modernization<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Above:\u00a0Air War in 2050 &#8211; Air Force Research Lab Commander on Golden HordeBy Kris Osborn &#8211; President &#038; Editor-In-Chief, Warrior MavenWhile the Air Force\u2019s fast-emerging 6th-gen stealth fighter continues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1610994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1610994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}