F-22 Raptor Thread
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Jura The idiot
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An excellent interview with General Hostage, if someone wants to know the theory behind the equipment. More telling are the idiots who comment on the article,,,,,,(I say idiots, because unfortunately, the under-educated malcontents actually vote, which is why we are presently in the middle of toilet, doing the SPIN"), but for those who care to learn, Gen Hostage is a fine man, and a fine teacher,,,, he is a bit of a politician, but he is sincere in his desire for this Nation to not only survive, but thrive, it is telling that while the Raptor was in the midst of her problems, General Hostage got out his helmet, flight suit, and G-suit, and mounted up the girlie until she was fixed, that took faith, and that friends is a shame to lose. One outstanding point is that he learned about the airplane, from flying the airplane,,,,,, current chick-a-fication of USAF is very likely to miss those salient points, and there are numerous signs in the tea leaves that USAF is in very deep, deep, doo-doo...... philosophically and operationally.
Yes, it is, Shame the Air Force Brat's not overseeing the upgrading of the Air Force, rather than a pure six gen, I would re-engineer the Raptor, shouldn't be a difficult project, more accurate production methods and employ the same robotics that are building the F-35, as well as the newer more durable and cost effective coatings... I would be inclined to eliminate thrust vectoring as well. There is no real need for a full on six-gen, but there is a need for a little more top-end capability, even a 7/8s Raptor would be a brutal killer in the real world against our near-peers. While our various fan-boys are making grandiose pronouncements about their capabilities, on this planet, the Raptor is atop a lofty pinnacle! oh, and while I'm at it, in order to preserve our current Raptors, I would move combat training back to a 5/8s norm, with more intense training for those in leadership and combat bound..
Bernard
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Cannot believe no one has posted this! Can't wait for F-35 IOC and then have the F-22 and F-35 at 100% train together and truly make each other better. The only two fifth generation fighter jets in the world, training side-by-side and or against each other to create new strategies. No other nation can do this or will be able to for a long time.
The way life ought to be, build another 500 Raptors and forget some of the rest of our expensive junk!
Oh yes...believe it!
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Brat...youi will love this hi-low mix. In real life now.
Indeed I do Jeff, and while my reservations with the F-35 were mainly due to my "enrapture with the Raptor", this airplane has indeed taken root with me, in fact on a day to day basis, I have to look twice to tell whether it is a ThunderHogge II or a Raptor, this has made me realize that much of my initial resistance was ill-founded, like the super-models little sister, she has virtues that you might miss without that second more appreciative look. I tell the Honey-Badger that pretty girls sometimes "expect" to get their way, less "flashy" chicks are sometimes more appreciative, and work a little harder, I think the F-35 is willing to "work a little harder".
As to your point that these girls complement each other, I would have to absolutely agree, and they are a lovely set?