Despite the F22 Raptor’s reputation as the world’s most capable air superiority fighter, the stealth jet has lost a number of notional dogfights to older and less advanced platforms like the F16 and even the Navy’s electronicwarfare specialist, the EA18G Growler over the years. But few exercises have done more damage to the mighty Raptor’s notoriety than a series of dogfights with Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoon that took place just about a decade ago.

These losses may have been notional, but some people clearly took them seriously. So seriously, in fact, that German Eurofighters were spotted wearing F22 kill markings on their fuselages after telling the press that they had “Raptor salad for lunch.”

Let's talk about what really happened.

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Citations:
Aviationist Raptor Kill Markings: https://theaviationist.com/2012/07/23...
"Raptor Salad": https://theaviationist.com/2012/07/13...
Red Flag 122: https://theaviationist.com/2012/06/21...
Eurofighter Promotional: https://www.eurofighter.com/advantage....
MIT Lecture:    • Special Lecture: F22 Flight Controls  
F22 Gun: https://www.gdots.com/armaments/airc...
RAF Typhoon pilot quote: https://www.businessinsider.com/f22...
Eurofighter: https://megaprojects.net/planes/eurof...
General Jumper Quote: https://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDispl...
German Pilots: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/f22ge...
Eurofighter Test Pilot quote: https://theaviationist.com/2013/02/21...
Red Flag ABC Coverage: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...
F22 "decimated" at BVR: https://hushkit.net/tag/typhoon/
Eurofighter Data: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reb...
Eric Wicklund quote: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/forme... (Erich Hartmann was a bad guy)
F22 144 wins at Red Flag: https://www.flightglobal.com/exportr...
F22 241 Wins: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art....
F16C downs F22: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/h...
F22 downs 8 F15s: https://theaviationist.com/2014/09/30...
German pilots: https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2...
USAF Red Flag Quotes: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art....
A10 Warthog F22 kill markings: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/uniqu...
F22 vs F15s: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/produc...