What’s scary is that, when you’re flying on the deck at speed like that, your brain is seeing images of things which are already behind you.
Funny - and here I thought THAT'S WHAT FRICKING THEIR JOB IS!
Lockheed is the manufacturer for both the F-22 and the F-35. They’re not going to restart the F-22 line when they can milk the F-35 line for far more money.
Thankfully, we saved the machine tooling for the F-22, so reopening the Raptor production line would not mean starting from scratch.
And, the C-model F-22 (or whatever they decide to call it) would have significantly upgraded sensors and avionics over the current model, which is based on late 90s technology. I’ve heard the updated Raptor would include the best elements of the F-35 avionics and sensor suite, in a proven stealth airframe that his highly maneuverable.
By the time they could get a line started up again, air superiority will be handled by drones.
Unless the Air Force pilot mafia gets their way.
Nope, Freerepublic hates anything resembling a government job. Shut it all down, send them all home. Bring in sequestration x1,000,000. If you want anything else, you’re a government stooge.
Mr. Gates is a loser who was in Strategic Air Command in the 1970s and couldn't make it above the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. It took him 40 years to get into a position to screw the Air Force. When he did, he took full advantage even though everybody that had "wronged" him at the time was out of the service or dead. I hope this jerk gets hit by a drunk driver and takes 4 years to die.
Often wondered what it would take for Northrop to crank up the F-23 for production. Word was it had more than a few things it did better than the F-22.
Active Duty ping.