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イスラム教過激派組織「イスラム国」のシリア領内の拠点への空爆で、アメリカ空軍の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機「F-22ラプター」が初めて実戦投入されたことが明らかになった。アメリカのABCニュースが報じた。
世界で最も高価な戦闘機の一つである「F-22 ラプター」は、シリア領の空爆という初の戦闘任務を月曜日に成功させた。
（ABCニュース「長年のトラブルの後に、F-22 ラプターの最初の任務は“成功”」より 2014/09/23 16:46）
レーダー回避機能を備えたF-22の開発・生産には、670億ドル（約7.2兆円）もの予算が投じられたことで「世界で最も高価な戦闘機」とも呼ばれる。当初は750機の配備を予定していたが、冷戦の終結で計画を縮小。2003年以降、わずか188機のみが配備されたのみだった。高いステルス性能の一方で運用コストが高く、イラク・アフガニスタン・リビアでアメリカ軍が空爆を行った際には使用されなかった。
ウォール・ストリート・ジャナール日本版では、空軍の当局者が「F-22には、旧来型戦闘機ではできないような方法で敵に近づける優れた能力がある」と述べたと報じている。
「F-22 ラプター」画像集
Fighter aircraft(01 of35)
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, RAF Fairford during the week of the (RIAT) Royal International Air Tattoo 2010, Gloucestershire, UK (02 of35)
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F22 Raptor(03 of35)
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, RAF Fairford during the week of the (RIAT) Royal International Air Tattoo 2010, Gloucestershire, UK (04 of35)
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A security personnel guards a US Air For(05 of35)
A security personnel guards a US Air Force F-22 fighter on the opening day of the Australian International Airshow, Aerospace and Defence Expo in Melbourne on March 1, 2011. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
US Air Force F-22A Raptor jet fighter(06 of35)
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A Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The F-22 is a twin-engine fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology.(07 of35)
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Fighter jet(08 of35)
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MALAYSIA-US-MILITARY-DIPLOMACY(09 of35)
A US F-22 Raptor fighter jet sits on the tarmac - part of the combat search and rescue exercise \'Cope Taufan\' - in Butterworth, some 330 kilometres northwest of Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2014. The US Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force participated in exercise Cope Taufan 14 to improve combined readiness and cooperation between the two countries. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (Photo credit should read MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHD RASFAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(10 of35)
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to take off during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(11 of35)
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor performs during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(12 of35)
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor performs during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(13 of35)
Ground crew salute the pilot of a US Air Force F-22 Raptor as he taxies out to perform a demonstration during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(14 of35)
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor roars through the sky during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(15 of35)
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor takes to the sky during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-AIR-EXPO(16 of35)
US Air Force Lt Col Jeff Hawkins of the 94th Fighter Squadron inspects a F-22 Raptor during the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne on March 1, 2013. 180,000 patrons are expected through the gates over the duration of the event staged at the Avalon Airfield some 80kms south-west of Melbourne. AFP PHOTO / Paul CROCK (Photo credit should read PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL CROCK via Getty Images)
F-22 Raptor Dedication Pass(17 of35)
[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor carries out a \'Dedication Pass\' as part of it\'s display at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. (credit:Keith Draycott via Getty Images)
Good Sam Club 500(18 of35)
TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 23: An F-22 Raptors flys over the track prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 23, 2011 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Jason Smith via Getty Images)
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, RAF Fairford during the week of the (RIAT) Royal International Air Tattoo 2010, Gloucestershire, UK(19 of35)
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A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena Base in Okinawa, Japan,(20 of35)
JAPAN - APRIL 15: A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena Base in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday, April 13, 2007. Mitsuko Yoneda was 17 years old when 13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain. It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told by Japan\'s military government that death was more honorable than capture, the Yonedas had come to die. (Photo by Hiroaki Yamashiro/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena City in Okinawa, Japan,(21 of35)
JAPAN - APRIL 15: A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena City in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday, April 13, 2007. Mitsuko Yoneda was 17 years old when 13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain. It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told by Japan\'s military government that death was more honorable than capture, the Yonedas had come to die. (Photo by Hiroaki Yamashiro/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena Base in Okinawa, Japan,(22 of35)
JAPAN - APRIL 15: A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena Base in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday, April 13, 2007. Mitsuko Yoneda was 17 years old when 13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain. It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told by Japan\'s military government that death was more honorable than capture, the Yonedas had come to die. (Photo by Hiroaki Yamashiro/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena City in Okinawa, Japan,(23 of35)
JAPAN - APRIL 15: A F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena City in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday, April 13, 2007. Mitsuko Yoneda was 17 years old when 13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain. It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told by Japan\'s military government that death was more honorable than capture, the Yonedas had come to die. (Photo by Hiroaki Yamashiro/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY P. PARAMESWARAN:(24 of35)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY P. PARAMESWARAN: (FILE) Dated February 18, 2007 filed photo shows a US Air Force\'s new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor lands at Kadena US Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, Japan. According to AFP report March 22, 2008 that the United States is currently the sole producer of fifth generation fighters -- the F-22a and F-35s. Export of F-22s is barred by law while the lower cost F35s have just started flight testing ahead of deployment around 2012. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
US Air Force's new stealth fighters F-22(25 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: US Air Force\'s new stealth fighters F-22A Raptor (L) are lined up at the Kadena US Air Base, in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
US military personnels walk by US Air Fo(26 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: US military personnels walk by US Air Force\'s new stealth fighters F-22A Raptor at the Kadena US Air Base, in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Japanese journalists take pictures of th(27 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: Japanese journalists take pictures of the arrival of a US Air Force\'s new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor at Kadena US Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
US Air Force's new stealth fighters F-22(28 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: US Air Force\'s new stealth fighters F-22A Raptor (L) are lined up at the Kadena US Air Base, in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
A US Air Force's new stealth fighter F-2(29 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: A US Air Force\'s new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor lands at Kadena US Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Japanese TV crews report the arrival of(30 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: Japanese TV crews report the arrival of US Air Force\'s new stealth fighters F-22A Raptor (background) at the Kadena US Air Base, in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
A new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor arriv(31 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: A new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor arrives at Kadena Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa 17 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
Military personnel gather arounf a new s(32 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: Military personnel gather arounf a new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor at the Kadena Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 17 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
A new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor flies(33 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: A new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor flies over Kadena Air Base for landing in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa 17 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
US Air Force's new stealth fighter F-22A(34 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: US Air Force\'s new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor arrives at Kadena US Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February and eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
A US Air Force's new stealth fighter F-2(35 of35)
Kadena, JAPAN: A US Air Force\'s new stealth fighter F-22A Raptor lands at Kadena US Air Base in Kadena town, southern island of Okinawa, 18 February 2007. Two US air force F-22A stealth fighters flew into Okinawa\'s US Air Force base in the first overseas deployment of the aircraft 17 February while eight other Raptors arrived 18 February. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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