I occasionally dip into this thread but would not claim to have read every post, so if the following point has already been made, I'll get my coat etc...
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Flight Global today is an article about the latest update to the F22 fleet. The USAF’s Air Combat Command (ACC) Gen Mike Hostage is quoted as saying:-
The USAF only has a total F-22 inventory of 186 aircraft remaining after four airframe losses. The inventory includes 123 combat-coded, 27 training, 16 test, and 20 attrition reserve Raptors. Small as the fleet is, it will be critical to the air superiority mission since the Lockheed F-35 can only handle that tasking with the backing of the F-22, Hostage says.
(my italics)
And the RAF will do what?