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Buyer’s Remorse: How Much Has The F-22 Really Cost?

3:20AM December 16, 2011 | David Axe - Wired

The 196th and final F-22 Raptor has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s factory in Marietta, Georgia. That means yesterday marked an end to more than 14 years of production for what’s widely considered the most fearsome jet fighter in history. And also one of the costliest. More »


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And ‘The Job With The Coolest View’ Award Goes To…

6:00PM January 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

A Gizmodo reader sent us this image taken from his workplace inside an USAF air tanker. Yes, it’s an F-22 Raptor refuelling – so close that he could probably play rock-paper-scissors with the pilot. Here’s another of a B-1: More »


Cars

Killer 5th Generation Russian Stealth Superfighters

11:20AM July 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Most people know the US fifth generation wonderplanes—the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II—but the Russians are working on their own stealth superfighter: The Sukhoi PAK-FA. These concepts—by industrial designer Aleksander Dultsev—are simply amazing: More »