Thank God President Trump kept the A10s around and upgraded them. Many of us pleaded for it. Same with the B1 or Bone, they now have 6 harden points on the outside for stand off capability that has given us something no other country has. The ability to launch cruise missile over 1k miles from near orbit at Mach speeds. This has been proven highly affective at attacking outside of S400 ranges and staying out of harms way. Even China has to worry till the Raiders come online.
F22's as important as they are, are mainly used for air superiority solely. F15E's carry a ton of weapons that work hand in hand with F22s, F35's, and F18 Growlers. As Growlers jam, F22's takes care of Air threats, F35's move closer in to take our radars with harm missiles and scoot, then the F15Es fire off long range standoff missiles of remaining targets, then drop their heavy bunker busters. It is quite a non stoppable symphony of capabilities. Then come the bombers to saturate. Finally A10's and Apaches to loiter and clean the area up, in way for Marine expeditionary ground troops to load heavy machinery and troops by Ospreys and Hovercraft, while being supported by A10's, Apache, and Blackhawks, We have the best Military in the World due to our combined operations.
I think the F15 holds like 10 times the payload of an F22. If the F35 had twin jets, that would have been maybe the only plane the US would have needed and have increased it's payload just about equal to an F15E. I just hope that one day, America gets an electrified force for the Marines, the powerplant of a Zimwalt, coupled to a US Boxer, loaded with armored 2 seater fast attack Jetsons, EUCs, Electric dirt bikes, cargo bikes, more smaller fast hovercrafts, and drones for air, sea, and land that will complement the Tripoli and US Boxer to give them cover as they unload and go online which can take time due to their heavier payloads of mainstays like Abrams, Apaches, A10's, and all types of vehicles and equipment. I did a post about their setup. We need to get 500 marines on shore in 12 minutes and an electrified force is the answer.