Pratt & Whitney F119 Engine Pushes the F-22 Raptor Fleet Past One Million Flight Hours

Pratt & Whitney F119 Engine Pushes the F-22 Raptor Fleet Past One Million Flight Hours

It’s been almost three decades since the arrival of the F-22 Raptor aircraft into this world, one of the few fifth-generation jets in operation on our planet even now, and the maker of the plane’s engines, Pratt & Whitney, announced the fleet reached an important milestone: over one million hours in the air, something that’s always a reason to celebrate. The (continue reading...)

F119 engine tops one million flight hours

Pratt & Whitney‘s F119 engine has surpassed one million flight hours powering the US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, marking a major milestone for the first operational fifth-generation fighter engine. In service for more than 20 years, the F119 provides the F-22 with advanced stealth, thrust-vectoring and supercruise capability, enabling the aircraft to fly at sustained supersonic speeds without afterburner. Each F-22 is powered by two…