King of Fighters F-22 Gets Killed by Humble T-38 Training Plane [VIDEO]

Gizmodo ^ | Tue Apr 21 2009 | Gizmodo

[TonyInOhio]

Neil Armstrong once said (sorry, I don’t have the cite at hand) that of all the aircraft and spacecraft he flew (and he flew about everything) the T-38 was his favorite. Guess there was a good reason. :)

[Centurion2000]

Ok, he got missile lock.

Let's change the game .... 100 miles apart at 600mph closing at 40,000 feet ... fight's on.

T-38 is TOAST.

[Bailee]

F-22 in Video did not appear to aggressively be trying to evade the T-38.

Maybe two tight circle at not much altitude variation.

Also Video not a continual feed.

[JohnCliftn]

The humble stone-in-the-hand can kill the most sophisticated machine guns, and the ancient ballista can kill the most fearsome tank, given certain circumstances.

But a pacifist-sounding wimp can kill us all with lofty appeasement when he is given command.

[omega4179]

Glad they cut that boondoggle.

[omega4179]

They said that about the F4 phantom in the 60’s and it got a lousy kill ratio until they put a gun back on it.

[buccaneer81]

Glad they cut that boondoggle.

Better spent on that, than given to ACORN and every other parasite supporting Obama.

[pallis]

Thank goodness for training exercises. Will the military still be able to afford them after 0’s cuts?

[The Shrew]

I'm no aviator, but, since when do F-5A Trainers have Heads Up Display that looks like an F-16? Just askin.....

Regards,

TS

[puppypusher]

How many times were the F-22 and the T-38 dogfighting each other?Even a bad Pilot will get a kill once in a while.

Its like having air combat training at RED FLAG or TOPGUN where Instructor Pilots could whip the crap out of their students but every now and then a student will get lucky and get a kill.

All the more reason to build more F-22’s,Not less.There need to be more than enough to be on hand for training,Day to Day operations and a replacement pool.Because due to Pilot error and Mechanical troubles some aircraft will be lost.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Of course the T-38 won. It was flown by one of the Thunderbirds.

Everyone knows the Thunderbirds (and the Blue Angels) rock!

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Exactly.

[omega4179]

or we could get 2 F-35 for the price of a raptor or even more in new production F-15s

[Sudetenland]

Check out this video of the F-22/F-35 5th gen planes

[KevinDavis]

God forbid that Congress actually spend something they are suppose to do... The F-22 is not a boondoggle..

[Moonman62]

My son trained on the T-38. He loved it.

It's been around for decades, and it's a nice looking aircraft. Some are in private hands.

[buccaneer81]

or we could get 2 F-35 for the price of a raptor or even more in new production F-15s

That works for me, especially the proposed "stealth" F-15 upgrade I read about recently. But we need programs like the F-22 to keep our research going forward.

[Red Steel]

But did the F-22 shoot down the T-38 at beyond visual range.

[buccaneer81]

F-15SE

[unkus]

181 F-22’s is a formidable force.