F-22 Raptor Thread

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Yes stealth is not invisibility Ultra. It's passive Electronic Camouflage.
If the Russians and PRC were so sold on being able to Kill stealth they wouldn't be building J20 or PAKFA or all there other stealth projects.

Even when dealing with so called Stealth killer radar finding a Stealth platform is not easy. Stealth killer Radar just means that it's producing more energy to try and get a larger return on stealthy targets.
The Closer the Stealth is to the emission source the better the return and that's the trick.
At ranges the Stealth is still stealth If a F22 is flying at the outer ranges of a Radar system it's still pretty much indefinable as a target but the closer it gets the more visible it is. This differs from a conventional non stealthy in that at extended range the radar would get a clean profile and see it.
The Secret of stealth is not just the shaping of the fighter it's the mindset of the user. The next Trick of stealth is detecting enemy Radar transmissions and using them to map a safe course around the perimeter of there detection net. so as to penetrate and conduct operations.

 

[Brumby]

The next Trick of stealth is detecting enemy Radar transmissions and using them to map a safe course around the perimeter of there detection net. so as to penetrate and conduct operations.

Not forgetting the sensor fusion piece that enables the mapping and pathway determination having done the threat assessment.

 

[Hyperwarp]

Starting my new year with bunch RAPTORS!

 

[FORBIN]

With FT aircraft get a better range but more heavy, consumes more and less agile especialy for dogfight.

But according it... F-35 need FT also.

EOTS usefull also for guided LGB and F-22 to be armed with it, better as a JDAM vs mobile targets and eventually if the satellite signal does not pass.

But right now eventually F-22 can to be armed with LGB ?

 

[Scratch]

EOTS usefull also for guided LGB and F-22 to be armed with it, better as a JDAM vs mobile targets and eventually if the satellite signal does not pass.

But right now eventually F-22 can to be armed with LGB ?

I think the GBU-39 SDB & GBU-32 1.000lbs JDAM have been integrated with the F-22. I don't think the 500lbs GBU-38 has.
There is of course the LJDAM GBU-54 and since about a year the US SOCOM has taken delivery of the first LSDBs. I guess these could be made to fit into the F-22s weapons bay and perhas even integrated with the software.
But these weapons would of course always need of board designation. The Raptor will not get a LDP and I have never heared of plans for EOTS. And with the strained funds, I don't think these investments will be made. They're not planed for all I know.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Starting my new year with bunch RAPTORS!

Bravo Charlie! a right and proper way to bring in the New Year!

 

[Equation]

What is the significant meaning of carrying that folded American flag inside in the cock pit over there in the left (pilot's right)?

 

[Scratch]

What is the significant meaning of carrying that folded American flag inside in the cock pit over there in the left (pilot's right)?

I think US (and perhaps also other nations?) service personnal do this on "special" occasions (combat mission, deployment, meaningfull achievement) to later allow that flag to be a "contemporary witness" of the event that was significant for american history.
Sorry for the bulky explanation, I don't know how to phrase it better right now.

In a roadhouse in the US, I think at an airport, I once saw a US flag on display with the caption: "This flag was flown in a Blackhawk helicopter on a combat mission over Iraq on MM.DD.YYY (don't remember), signifying the sovereignty and [something else] of the USA" or something along these lines...

 

[Air Force Brat]

I think US (and perhaps also other nations?) service personnal do this on "special" occasions (combat mission, deployment, meaningfull achievement) to later allow that flag to be a "contemporary witness" of the event that was significant for american history.
Sorry for the bulky explanation, I don't know how to phrase it better right now.

In a roadhouse in the US, I think at an airport, I once saw a US flag on display with the caption: "This flag was flown in a Blackhawk helicopter on a combat mission over Iraq on MM.DD.YYY (don't remember), signifying the sovereignty and [something else] of the USA" or something along these lines...

Exactly, its proper term would likely still be a "campaign flag", it would mean a lot to a spouse, child, parent, aunt, uncle, or cousin, or even a high school buddy.

I might add that Americans have a unique sense of "gravitas" when it comes to "our country", we hold our Nation, and our Flag, in high honor, and yes I am proud to be an "American".

 

[Jura The idiot]

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