Its a beautiful piece of military art, but... it was never used in actual combat, and not because US didnt want to. Its too expensive to lose and with massive shortcomings:
1. F-22 cannot communicate with other planes, at all. I dont know what brilliant US specialists were thinking, but thats just <***>.
2. Air Force reported that the
F-22 requires more than 30 hours of maintenance for every flight hour, with the total cost per flight hour of $44,000.
3. F-22 suffers from 1 critical error every 1.7 hours of flight on average. Technology malfunctions so much so, that is just weird, its not North Korea we are talking about.
4. Plain high-tech cover has... vulnerability to rain.
5. Cover is so light, that even small guns can penetrate it, so it cant fly low either.
6. F-22 has the highest accident rate of any USAF fighter aircraft in service.
...Do I need to remind how much each F-22 costs? Around 350 mln. At least they look good in Holywood movies, that should count for something