Despite the F-22 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 F-16 and even the Navy’s electronic-warfare specialist, the EA-18G 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 F-22 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 12-2: https://theaviationist.com/2012/06/21...
Eurofighter Promotional: https://www.eurofighter.com/advantage....
MIT Lecture:    • Special Lecture: F-22 Flight Controls  
F-22 Gun: https://www.gd-ots.com/armaments/airc...
RAF Typhoon pilot quote: https://www.businessinsider.com/f-22-...
Eurofighter: https://megaprojects.net/planes/eurof...
General Jumper Quote: https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Displ...
German Pilots: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/f-22-ge...
Eurofighter Test Pilot quote: https://theaviationist.com/2013/02/21...
Red Flag ABC Coverage: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...
F-22 "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)
F-22 144 wins at Red Flag: https://www.flightglobal.com/export-r...
F-22 241 Wins: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art....
F-16C downs F-22: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/11/h...
F-22 downs 8 F-15s: https://theaviationist.com/2014/09/30...
German pilots: https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2...
USAF Red Flag Quotes: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art....
A-10 Warthog F-22 kill markings: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/uniqu...
F-22 vs F-15s: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/produc...