Why the Best Fighter Jet Ever Built Lost to the F-35

The United States Air Force wanted 750 F-22 Raptors. They got 187. Then they walked away from the most dominant air-superiority fighter ever built — and greenlit a $1.7 trillion program to replace it. This video is about why that decision was made. Not the official reason. The real one. We break down the F-22 vs F-35 capability gap, the export restriction that changed everything, the political economy behind Lockheed Martin's most expensive program in history, and why the jet that won on paper lost in Washington. #F35 #F22 #MilitaryAviation #Defense #airforce