Military Training Specifications & Missions

JAKARTA – The United States F-22 Raptor fighter jets participating in multinational military exercises in Australia are planned to transit and land in Indonesia, specifically at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Air Force Base, Badung, Bali.

The multinational military exercise itself will be held in Australia in August. To prepare for the landing of the F-22 Raptor, the Indonesian Air Force has begun preparing for the arrival of the aircraft.

There will be six F-22 Raptor fighter planes that will land at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Air Force Base (Air Base). From Indonesia, this US aircraft is planned to travel to Brunei Darussalam.

The F-22 Raptor fighter jet is a fighter jet produced by Lockheed Martin, United States, which until now is still considered the most powerful because of its superior capabilities.

F-22 Raptor Fighter Jet Specifications

The F-22 Raptor fighter jet is a combination of stealth, super-cruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics.

The jet, which first took to the air in 1997, is 18.9 meters long, 5.1 meters high and has a wingspan of 13.6 meters. The empty weight is 19,700 kilograms, and the maximum weight reaches 38,000 kilograms.

The aircraft is equipped with two Pratt and Whitney F119-100 afterburning turbofan engines, allowing it to have a thrust of 35,000 poh. Its own speed is estimated to reach more than 1.5 Mach.

Not only does it have supersonic speed, the F-22 also has an RCS that is 12x lower than other fighter aircraft, so its detection distance is lower than other aircraft.

Because of its capabilities, the F-22 Raptor is often nicknamed a stealth aircraft, because it can avoid detection, whether visual, audio, sensor, and enemy radar waves.

For tracking capabilities, this US fighter jet is equipped with a series of advanced sensors that allow pilots to track, identify, shoot and kill air-to-air threats before they are detected.

Meanwhile, from the attack side, the F-22 Raptor carries six AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. There is also an M61A2 Vulcan cannon mounted internally above the right air intake.

Those are the brief specifications of the US F-22 Raptor fighter jet which is planned to land in Indonesia before carrying out multinational military exercises.

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