The U.S. Air Force currently has two fifth-generation fighters, the F-22A Raptor and the F-35A Lightning II fighter, and according to Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Air Force has more than 1,000 fifth-generation fighters.
When the United States is building and equipping F-35A Lightning II fighters in large quantities, the US Air Force is trying to tap the potential of F-22A Raptor fighters, and recently the US media disclosed that the 94th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force carried 28 air-to-air missiles carried by F-22A fighters and carried out projection tests.
According to the US Air Force, the F-22A fighter jet underwent maximum capability testing at Tyndall Air Force Base in the United States, for which the US Air Force lost $14 million in air-to-air missiles.
According to the structure of the F-22A fighter, the built-in bomb bay only has the ability to carry 8 air-to-air missiles, so the other 20 air-to-air missiles need to be realized through external pylons, so it destroys the stealth ability of the F-22A Raptor fighter, so it is "worth the loss" for the F-22A Raptor fighter to carry 28 air-to-air missiles.
