The Air Force has been quietly carrying out a fleetwide hardware fix for the F-22 Raptor after the aircraft logged several incidents due to a significant problem with the fighter’s dual F119 engines, Inside Defense has learned. The issue has racked up nearly $23 million in damages for the service stemming from seven Class A engine mishaps -- the Defense Department’s most serious accident classification -- that spanned nearly a decade and prompted a retrofit effort beginning in 2019 that...
