German Eurofighters ‘Shot Down’ Stealth F-22 Raptors — They Also Exposed They Couldn’t Get Within 20 Miles of One in Real Combat

German Eurofighters ‘Shot Down’ Stealth F-22 Raptors — They Also Exposed They Couldn’t Get Within 20 Miles of One in Real Combat

In 2012, two German Eurofighter Typhoons notionally shot down U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors during a Red Flag exercise over Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. The F-22s were flying with external fuel tanks that compromised their stealth, and the engagement was a close-range dogfight rather than the beyond-visual-range fight the Raptor was designed to win. Colonel Andreas Pfeiffer and Major Marco Gumbrecht of the Luftwaffe later called the F-22’s ca…