Posted on 12/06/2009 2:26:22 PM PST by myknowledge
F-22 Termination: America’s Self-Induced Strategic Death Spiral
F-22A Raptor: More Bang for the Buck than F-35 JSF….with Far Less Risk
F-22: 187 Raptors is NOT Enough!
Top reasons why the F-22 Raptor is the only Western 5th Generation fighter most capable of maintaining air dominance for the USAF.
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Wicked looking craft...
President Palin will reestablish the program as Reagan did the B-1.
The B1-b was more relevant than the B1-a too.
Not on radar.
"Not on radar."
Hahahaha...
We make kick-ass aircraft!
The left doesn’t like American superiority which is why they hate our technology.
but US can’t afford it
Remember WWII when the Japanese A6M Zero was outclassed by F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsairs in the PTO. The IJN decided to stay the course with Zeroes instead and their a$$e$ were whooped by the USN.
If the USAAF did not deploy the P-51 Mustang in ETO, the Third Reich's cities would not have been bombed to ruins and could have enabled the Luftwaffe to deploy the Me262 in large numbers and regain air superiority.
If I were a USAF general, I'd certainly tag along with next-generation fighters and gain air supremacy rather than lose it.
Still overall, if you want to go on a shoestring, bring back the F-4 with upgraded avionics.
Against a first-class adversary, the Rhinos would be mincemeat, unless you're facing MiG-21s.
Still overall, if you want to go on a shoestring, bring back the F-4 with upgraded avionics. B-)
The F-15 and 16, while great for their time, for their respective jobs, are out of date for Gen 5 aircraft coming out. The F-15 upgraded, would be hard pressed to keep up with the Russian Su-37/47. It would be stretched to its absolute max against the s-300/400 missile system if operated by an integrated by Russians.
I don't care if the F-15 costs $50 million per plane less. When planes are getting blasted and pilots dying, the added cost of the F-22 pays off.
You might be able to buy 50 new Eagles for 30 Raptors. But send 10 of the 30 Raptors up against the 50 Eagles, and your going to have 10 pilots coming back to share beers with their 20 buddies, who hung back. The Eagles will be scrapped.
Gen 5 fighters are that good. And the Raptor is the best of them.
Of course it’s the best... that’s why 0bambi’s white house killed it
Some of the F-15C fleet is getting upgraded with AESA radar and AIM-9X missiles. They are informally referred to as "Golden Eagles" and will be around for a very long time.
When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hangar. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.
"White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said they would not allow POTUS to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or form," one source close to the unit relayed.
Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hangar and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House's behest.
The airmen there took offense to the Obama aides' demand, sources told The Cable, seeing it as a slight to the folks who are operating the F-22 proudly every day. They also expressed bewilderment that the White House staff would even care so much as to make an issue out of the fact that the F-22 was placed in the hangar with the president.
A White House official, commenting on background basis, told The Cable that yes, there were discussions about which plane or planes would be in the hangar, but that they were not meant as an insult to the pilots and other personnel who work on the F-22. The official couldn't elaborate on why the White House aides felt it necessary to get involved in the matter in the first place.
The official pointed to Obama's speech to the troops that day, where he praised both the 90th Fighter Squadron, known as the "Dicemen," and the 525th Fighter Squadron, the "Bulldogs," both of which operate the F-22.
Even so, the Air Force personnel thought it odd the White House wanted to display the older plane rather than the more advanced plane that, in the eyes of its supporters, represents the latest and greatest in American aviation.
The Obama administration fought hard and successfully to cut off production of the F-22 at 187 planes, a number Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorsed but that was hundreds less than originally planned and about half of the 381 planes Air Force leadership lobbied hard for in the years preceding Obama's inauguration.
"It's one thing to be against further production; quite another to slight the folks who are flying them in the operational world," one source said, adding that "the F-15 pictured was put into service roughly around the same period when Obama graduated from college. It's vintage."
Josh Rogin
“The IJN decided to stay the course with Zeroes instead and their a$$e$ were whooped by the USN.”
The IJN decided not to deploy its secret jet aircraft and missiles, saving them for the expected US invasion flee, and their a$$e$ were whooped by the USN.
Unlike you I have a life and am not glued to FR 24/7.
Unadulterated bull s***. The "author" of this piece of crap article ought to take a look at some emissions and susceptibility data. Once he does that then he can travel to Cherry Point and Whidbey Island and take a look at the reams of ATOs requiring SEAD support for these platforms that "run undetected by enemy radar."
John Tsucalas is an idiot.
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