I was at Tyndall today and got a tour of the airplane from the maintenance Senior Chief.

He showed me the areas under the wings where external racks, for anything from Air-air missiles to bombs, could be carried.

Of course, that comes at a cost of supercruise and stealth.

He said the external tanks are virtually identical (externally) to F-15 tanks, but were configured slightly different internally.

I'll have to disagree with Photon and say that while the F-22 is an impressive airplane in capability, I think the Eagle, Viper, and even the Hornet are sleeker looking airplanes than either the F-22 or the F-35.

It's similar to comparing classic muscle-cars and new cars--the classics have a personna; the new cars are almost identical.

USMCFlyer:

I have to ask: When you launch an EA-18G off the carrier catapault, is that a "Steaming Growler?"