For other uses, see.RaptorUnitAffiliationRole. Interceptor. Air SupportArmament.
4 air-to-air/air-to-ground missilesProtectionLightPropertiesHit points160Armour type. Airplane Armor. Countermeasures Airplane Armor with CountermeasureProductionCost$1400Build time0:20Produced byUSAHotkeyTCombatGround attack100 (125 with Laser-guided missiles) (Jet Missiles)Air attack100 (125 with Laser-guided missiles) (Jet Missiles)Cooldown150Air speed175 (120 when badly damage)Attack range100-320Sight range200-400FunctionUpgrades. Raptor quotesNotes. The picture indicated is not an F-22 Raptor, rather, it is the craft's ATF prototype, the YF-22 Lightning II. This may be because the actual F-22 Raptor went into USAF service in December 2005, two years after the game's release. Before this the YF-22 was competing the YF-23 Black Widow for America's fifth generation fighter, this possibly explains why earlier concept art looks more like the YF-23 and as the YF-22 was winning the lead in competition, they changed the unit to be more like the real-life Raptor.
The box art for the original Command and Conquer: Generals features the YF-22, but Zero Hour's box art has a Raptor that looks more like the modern F-22A. Unlike the F-22A in reality, the Raptor is not equipped with an autocannon. In reality, the F-22 Raptor has stealth capabilities, which are not only matched with but more advanced than the Stealth Fighter in-game, the F-117 Nighthawk. The modern Raptor also has supercruise capability, which is the ability to go supersonic without resorting to afterburners. This would have matched or even superseded the Aurora's supersonic capabilities.
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Also in real life Raptors initially were designed to have a navalized varient, but it was canceled in the 1990s. Currently the F-35 Lightning is designated to be the Navy's primary carrier-borne fighter (with supplements from other naval air elements). Early concept art depicted the Raptor as being being far more boxier in appearance; the Raptor itself beared a strong resemblance to the (in real life) cancelled YF-23 Black Widow. The older version also used a darker, golden skin. Its model can still be viewed by browsing through General's art archive.