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FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY
FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY These are Great In-flight Photos of the F/A-22 as the first Aircraft Delivery was being made to Langley AFB in Va. Langley is to be first Operational AFB for the F/A-22. It is a very beautiful AFB, located in a picturesque location, as you can see in these photos, near Norfolk and Hampton , Va. The Aircraft flying along with the F/A-22 in the last of these photos is the F-15, which will be replaced by the F/A-22 which is several times better than the F-15. In Actual In-flight (simulated) Combat Operations against the F-15, two F/A-22s were able to operate without detection while it went Head to Head against (8) F-15s. The F/A-22s scored Missile Hits (Kills) against all the F-15 Aircraft and the F/A-22s were never Detected by either the F-15s or Ground Based Radar. Maj. Gen. Rick Lewis said: 'The Raptor Operated Against All Adversaries with Virtual Impunity; Ground Based Systems Couldn't Engage and NO Adversary Aircraft Survived'! F/A-22-- America 's Most Advanced Fighter Aircraft for the 21st Century!!!! They're a titanium and carb on fiber dagger. They're so advanced that if their on-board locator is switched off even our own satellites can lose track of them. They're the first military aircraft ever built that is equipped with a 'black -out button' What that means is this ... The best conditioned fighter pilots are capable of maintaining consciousness up to in the vicinity of 15+ G. The Raptor is capable of making 22+ G turns. If someday an adversary builds a missile that is capable of catching up to one of these airplanes and a Raptor pilot sees that a strike is imminent, he hits the 'b.o.b.' and the airplane makes a virtual U-turn, leaving the missile to pass right on by. They know that in the process he'll temporarily lose consciousness, so the Raptor then automatically comes back to straight and level flight until he wakes back up. Enjoy the Photos!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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BAD A$$ mofos! Thanks for the pics. As long as we have the $$ to support them these things will own the sky!
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Supermoto of the sky
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For Science. You Monster.
Join Date: Nov 2008
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sweet!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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nice plane.......too bad they cost $350 mil each
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They get that figure by dividing total program(A program that's been dragged out by over 25 years) cost by # of aircraft ordered.
The high cost is the fault of congress and the end of the cold war. That and a bit of mission creep in the program, something bound to happen when you fuck up a program over and over during the 25+ years you've had it in development. Air Force put out requirements in 1981. Had Ford developed a new Ford Focus under similar circumstances, it would sell for about $50 million a copy. |
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I always laugh when people say this will replace the F14, F15, F16, F117, whatever. It will be another 10 years plus before they come out in any real numbers. The roles may overlap, but no single plane is going to be the best at everything.
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They already have almost 200, none of which have actually done any service in the Middle East
USAF wants more (of course)........Gates will probably say no (smart move) |
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It will only replace a % of the F-15 fleet...bout time considered the airframes on the C models have been worn out for years. F-14 has already been replaced by the SuperHornet (kinda...) F-16 and F-117 are being replaced by the F-35 (and armed drones). |
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