The problem with this is, you first have to get within visual range of a raptor.
The Air Force said the planes flew 80 missions during the event with a very high mission success rate. However, a new report from Combat Aircraft Monthly revealed that in a handful of missions designed to test the F-22 in a very specific situation close-range, one-on-one combat the jet appeared to lose its pricey advantages over a friendly rival, the Eurofighter Typhoon, flown in this case by German airmen.
We expected to perform less with the Eurofighter but we didnt, German air officer Marc Grune said, according to Combat Aircraft Monthly. We were evenly matched. They didnt expect us to turn so aggressively.
Two other German officers, Col. Andreas Pfeiffer and Maj. Marco Gumbrecht, noted in the same report that the F-22′s capabilities are overwhelming when it comes to modern, long-range combat as the stealth fighter is designed to engage multiple enemies well-beyond the pilots natural field of vision mostly while the F-22 is still out of the other planes range. Grumbrecht said that even if his planes did everything right, they werent able to get within 20 miles of the next-generation jets before being targeted.