USAF wants to scrap the $150million stealth F-22 fighter jet after just 16 years service

F-22 Raptor

Fifth generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft 

F-22 Raptor

Air superiority fighter but also has ground attack and electronic warfare

Length: 62ft, wingspan: 44ft

Top speed: 1,500mph

Six advanced medium range air to air missiles, two Sidewinders, one 20mm rotary cannon 

F-15E Strike Eagle 

All weather multi-role strike fighter first designed in the 1980s

Deployed for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya, carrying out deep strikes against high-value targets

Two crew, 64ft long, 43ft wingspan

Top speed: 1,650 mph

1 x 20mm M61 rotary cannon, air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, bombs

A-10 Warthog

Single-seat, twin turbofan engine straight wing jet aircraft which entered service in 1976

Designed for close air support of friendly ground troops, attacking armored vehicles and tanks 

53ft long, 57ft wingspan, top speed, 439 mph

30mm rotary cannon, 10 rockets, two air-to-air and six air-to-surface missiles, incendiary bombs, infrared decoys 

F-35

Single-seat stealth multirole combat aircraft for air superiority and strike missions

The F-35 was first used in combat in 2018 by the Israeli Air Force

51ft, 35ft wingspan, 1,800mph

1 x 25mm rotary cannon, air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, anti-ship missiles, cluster bomb, incendiary bomb, B61 mod 12 nuclear bomb

F-16 Fighting Falcon

Single-engine multirole fighter aircraft used as an all-weather multirole fighter

Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon

Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon

Nearly 5,000 aircraft have been built since production started in 1976

In 2015, it was the world’s most used fixed-wing aircraft in military service

49ft, 33ft wingspan, 1,318 mph 

1 x 20mm rotary cannon, 12 rockets, 30 air-to-air missiles, 13 air-to-surface missiles, six anti-ship missiles, general purpose bombs and nuclear bombs