The stealth F-22, the top US air superiority fighter, just got its first known air-to-air kill taking out a Chinese balloon.

• The F-22 secured its first air-to-air kill by downing the Chinese surveillance balloon on Saturday.
• The Raptor fired "one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile," bringing the balloon down off the South Carolina coast.
• The Defense Department has begun recovery efforts for debris with the US Navy and Coast Guard. 

The F-22 got its first air-to-air kill taking out the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, which spent the better part of the week floating above the United States and Canada at 60,000 feet.