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Typhoon vs F22 Safety

For a long time, the Jäger 90/Typhoon had no fatal accidents whatsoever, while the F22 had very serious issues in its flight control software right from the start.

Also, the F22 fleet is quite small as compared to the Jäger 90.

F22: Five Full Losses: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22#Zwischenf%C3%A4lle

Jäger 90; Six Losses, one of it probably in combat in Yemen. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon#Zwischenf%C3%A4lle

F22 fleet: 180

Jäger 90 fleet: 515

That means the Jäger 90 has about twice better safety statistics, if you normalize by fleet numbers.

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