German fighter jets outperform US F-22 Raptor PHOTO

America’s formidable air superiority fighter, F-22 Raptor, considered the world’s most capable jet because of its stealth features and sensor fusion technology, lost a couple of dogfights to German Eurofighter Typhoons, causing severe damage to the mighty Raptor’s reputation.

While the Raptor has lost several dogfights over the years to less advanced warplanes like the F-16 and the US Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic-warfare fighter, losing to German Eurofighters about a decade ago was remarkable due to the traction they received, The Eurasian Times reports.

The event in question is the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) large-scale Red Flag air combat exercises over Alaska in 2012. Red Flag is a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise held several times a year by the USAF, which pits a wide variety of aircraft, often from multiple nations, against large-scale and realistic threats to replicate the circumstances of a near-peer fight.