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Billed as the world's most advanced fighter, the F-22 Lightning is the first and only fifth-generation air dominance fighter. With twin Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 35,000-pound-thrust engines that can reach supersonic operational speeds without afterburners, the F-22 is designed with the same state-of-the-art (c.1998) stealth technology as the B2 Stealth Bomber. As such, the fighter is not only built for speed and anti-radar capability but possesses the staggering power equivalency of two Cray supercomputers in giving the pilot unprecedented advantages in air combat situations. In F-22 Lightning 3, the sequel to its immensely popular combat simulation predecessors (based on world-wide sales), the player takes the role of pilot in over 50 newly designed missions. At the very basic level, the simulation is geared more toward the serious and advanced student of flying simulations as nearly every single key on the keyboard is utilized to perform some action, in many cases more than one. The cockpit alone features nearly a dozen displays with another six head-up display (HUD) combat modes. As for load-out capability, the F-22 armament arsenal accommodates three types of missiles (AIM-9M Sidewinder, AIM-120C AAMRAM and AGM-88 HARM), the M61A2 20mm Cannon and air-to-ground (bombs) weaponry including the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), the BLU-109 and the B61 Tactical Thermonuclear Bomb. The fighter is also capable of mid-air refueling, ILS (instrument landing system) technology and a sophisticated approach steerpoint system to allow precision landing operations. NovaLogic's NovaWorld Internet site accommodates up to 128 opponents in multi-player action. (It should be noted that certain versions of AOL do not support NovaWorld.) Multi-player comes in three main modes: Deathmatch, an all-or-nothing dogfight where only the most skilled flyer is left in the sky, RAW, with the objective centered on complete annihilation (bombing) of the opposing team's base, and Cooperative (an eight player maximum restriction applies), using specially designed missions from the game.