58. Much Needed Improvements
The Air Force is aiming at making much more improvement on F-22 before the year 2019. The introduction of sidewinder upgrade is one of the improvements.
There is a great need to bring up a new version of weapons that will match the airplane. Currently the plane houses 50 year old missiles, there is an anticipated incorporation of the new AIM-9X to replace the AIM-9M’s, the 9X houses eight missiles.