The Eurofighter's IRST
To: sukhoi-30mki
How many F-22s did we end up building Vs. how many were originally planned. Does anyone know for sure?
2 posted on
09/30/2014 9:05:01 AM PDT by
Tenacious 1
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To: Mark17
4 posted on
09/30/2014 9:15:52 AM PDT by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Considered that it could not carry external fuel tanks (to keep a low radar signature), the F-22 were refueled at least two or three times to make it to North Syria and back to the UAE, flying a mission most probably exceeding the 6 – 7 hours flying time. The F-22 is an amazing aircraft. It almost seems as if those who ordered it's production shut down, didn't have a single clue.
The range on of the F-22 is 1839 miles. The distance from UAE to Damascus is 1254 miles.
I doubt the aircraft had to refuel more than once.
5 posted on
09/30/2014 9:19:59 AM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Ran into this.
The FB-22 was a proposed medium-range bomber for the USAF. The FB-22 was projected to carry up to 30 Small Diameter Bombs to about twice the range of the F-22A, while maintaining the F-22’s stealth and supersonic speed. However, the FB-22 in its planned form appears to have been canceled with the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review and subsequent developments, in lieu of a larger subsonic bomber with a much greater range.
Under Derivitives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor
6 posted on
09/30/2014 9:23:16 AM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Summing up, the F-22 is and remains the most lethal air superiority fighter ever. Still, it lacks some nice features that could be useful to face hordes of enemy aircraft, especially if these include F-15s, Typhoons, Rafales or, in the future, the Chinese J-20 and Russian PAK-FA.
We need to build many more.
7 posted on
09/30/2014 9:24:11 AM PDT by
laplata
(Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Sukhoi Pak FA T-50
15 posted on
09/30/2014 9:43:53 AM PDT by
Bobalu
(Hashem Yerachem (May God Have Mercy)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The F22’s advantages presuppose they will be allowed rules of engagement which would allow them to always fire from beyond visual range. Historically this has been a bad assumption.
Once the enemy can track the F22 by eyeball, the advantage is lost.
17 posted on
09/30/2014 9:46:05 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
so, the enemy will kill it on the ground,
using locals,
that are peaceful.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 at MAKS airshow
20 posted on
09/30/2014 9:51:26 AM PDT by
Bobalu
(Hashem Yerachem (May God Have Mercy)
To: sukhoi-30mki
If only A.A. Cunningham were still around, he'd post this photo of an F/A-18 with an F-22 in it's pipper. But since he isn't here, I'll do it in his honor:
28 posted on
09/30/2014 1:44:05 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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