I personally think the F-22 is over rated. Do a quick google and you'll find it has some deficiencies that aren't touted in AF publications.
For example.
Current aircraft don't have Link 16 so can't be the forward air controller that is often portrayed in articles.
Apparantly there was no destructive testing done on an airframe test model and that there is a weakness in its main fuselage boom.
http://www.armytimes.com/community/o...raptor_071126/
This is one report, also read it in AFM monthly.