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To: Tallguy

Fairly recently a couple of our F22 raptors took on two SU25’s that strayed over the no fly zone in Syria. Then an SU35 got involved and our 22’s ran all 3 of them home.


25 posted on 05/04/2019 7:53:43 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Using stealth aircraft as interceptors is probably not a good idea. Their strength in A2A is the Beyond-Visual-Range shot. You’re never going to get permission to do that short of a declared war. Also, taking an F-22 into an ACM environment with a SU-35 is rolling the dice. This is why the USAF is going to buy the F-15X. They don’t need stealth for “showing the flag” and warning off Russian planes sniffing around our airspace.

Get enough new F-15 airframes and you can group your F-22’s for offensive action and focus their training instead of having them chase away Russian Tu-95 Bears.


44 posted on 05/04/2019 8:31:35 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d*mned! The narrative of the day must be preserved!)
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