How a Hurricane proved the stealth F-22 Has a Nearly Fatal Flaw

How a Hurricane proved the stealth F-22 Has a Nearly Fatal Flaw

Hurricane Michael did more than devastate the Southeast coast, including Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, home of a squadron of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, and center of F-22 training. It also showed that when you only buy 187 of an aircraft, it doesn't take much to shrink your force.

As many as seventeen Raptors—almost 10 percent of the fleet—might have been damaged by Hurricane Michael. These were aircraft that could not be evacuated because they were unfit to fly, a major problem for the F-22, which has suffered from low availability rates.

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