The F-22 is 20 years old and is quickly becoming outdated in the changing battlefield environment. we seriously need to get the bugs worked out of the F-35.
The F-22 entered service 12 years ago. It is not 20 years old.
Hopefully you read the article because the OP is out to lunch on what the article said.
My bad. I was Army and we didn't have anything like the F-22. Even though the F-22 is 12 years old, it's pretty hard to believe that a Russian Su30 or Su35 could get the best of it. Most Russian stuff is pretty much crap.
The OPs link actually talks about the F-22 identifying Russian and Syrian ground attack aircraft. The problem is the F-22 being tasked to do something it was not designed to do!
Taste the title:
Russian Fighters Test U.S. Boundaries In Skies Over Syria
You are lying about the content.
How about "Russian Fighters Point Out Flaws In F-22 - Upgrades Soon To Follow".
How else did we develop the most powerful military in the world? The advances we've made in military technology and battlefield medicine since 2001 alone, are staggering. Every adversary we have is either scrambling to keep up with what we have, or to incorporate in into their own military.