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Fighter Jet Dazzles Airshow

Overseas audiences meet the F-22 'Raptor'

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 14, 2008 3:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Aviation experts were treated to a display of the world’s most advanced fighter jet at the kickoff of the Farnborough International Airshow today in England, Reuters reports. In its first international exhibition, the Lockheed Martin F-22 “Raptor” executed a dizzying array of flips,... Read full story »

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