5 new F/A-22 Raptors land at base

miami.com ^

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Raptor Rapture Ping

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Alas...no.

I get your point. The F-A-22 is grand.

[Raffus]

The F-16 is pretty cool too. Also one of my programs. ;) I had a plant tour. Way too cool!

[jch10]

I live right here near Tyndall AFB and the only Raptors I've seen are at the air show. They must train over the Gulf of Mexico.

[VaBthang4]

ping

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Lol. Good One

[VaBthang4]

"Why is a general being trained to fly this plane, besides ego gratification? "

So that the guy in the bird does not know more about his capabilities than the General on the ground.

[null and void]

I love the A-10 too!

She's the daughter of one of our city councilmen...

[VaBthang4]

Yeah...IMHO the F16 is the baddest looking plane....running a close second would be any platform with US or Evil Jew insignia.

[ProudVet77]

Actually the F-22 is a stealth fighter. If you look at the pic of it's bottom you'll see the two bombay doors where it's weapons are carried. Even the 20MM cannon has a small flap to make it blend in. That is one of the F-22s most important characteristics. Without stealth an aircraft won't survive very long in the air battlefield of the future. The F-15 lights up radar like a Christmas tree.
The one lament I have is that the Navy won't have an air superiority fighter like the F-14 in the future.

[Cobra64]

Now, why'd did you have to do that? Now I have to save up 'til next Christmas.

I know you warned me... you summa beech!

[Quix]

Would be nice.

Hope so.

Not sure it's going to be based on these platforms, though.

We shall see. Looks like a beautiful bird.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sexiest airplane (no longer in the air but you can walk up and touch one) has to be the SR 71 and its predecessors. We saw the M-21 and its drone, the D-21B at the Museum of flight in Seattle over Christmas. This airplane was designed in the late 1950s and had some of the first stealth technology.

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"At least we don't have a Commander-in-chief allowing missile, nuclear, satellite, etc. technologies to be more or less given to the Chicoms as we did a few years ago...at least, I don't think we do."

That is for sure ;)

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I know. I was making a small joke about the "picture" in post #56...

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"Your paranoia is unwarranted. You don't need to feel less safe because someone knows where the F-22 is based. It doesn't matter."

General knowledge is one thing. Precise numbers and other logistical details, I have a problem with. Your intimation that that is somehow paranoia is I think unwarranted. I am a realist however and good habits are just that.

Just one of many lessons history teaches us.

[ProudVet77]

Sorry, I'm kinda 1/2 watching BG, fingers went into gear before engaging mind. :)

[null and void]

;^)

Like it's never happened to me...

[Cobra64]

When I was a kid back in the late 1950s, I liked the F86 because it was small and fast (as I was as a youngster). As a bomber, I was fond of the B-58 Hustler. The B-52 was impressive, but never stirred me up.

As I'm 55 years old though the B-52 has a different perspective, since still active for almost 60 years.

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That baby will bring the pilot home with one wing and shot all to hell and back. I love the protection it gives the pilots.