The F-22 just lost a dogfight to a cheap ATTACK jet?

Earlier this week, the Phillippine Air Force (PAF) announced that one of its FA-50 light attack jets managed to score a notional kill against America's reigning air superiority champ, the F-22 Raptor, during air combat exercises held in July.

This announcement came alongside an image captured by the FA-50's gun camera, showing the Raptor in the Philippine fighter's sights as the pilot locked onto the stealth jet with an infrared-guided (heat-seeking) missile.

Let's talk about how the best fighter in the sky lost to a $38 million trainer-turned-fighter, and what this loss actually means for the mighty Raptor.

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