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1 posted on 02/25/2026 9:17:47 PM PST by Signalman
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To: Signalman

I don’t think we ever sold those to Israel. We better keep tight security on them.


2 posted on 02/25/2026 9:28:06 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Signalman

Best description I ever saw:

“F22 against F15 is like clubbing baby seals”.


3 posted on 02/25/2026 9:34:25 PM PST by dagunk
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To: Signalman

Iran has acquired top line Chinese military tech that can detect our stealth aircraft.

China’s YLC-8B Radar Transfer to Iran Could Rewrite Middle East Airpower and End Stealth Dominance
The reported deployment of China’s long-range YLC-8B anti-stealth radar in Iran signals a strategic shift in Middle Eastern air defense architecture, directly challenging U.S. and Israeli reliance on fifth-generation stealth aircraft and reshaping regional deterrence dynamics.
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/china-ylc-8b-radar-iran-anti-stealth-middle-east-air-defense/


6 posted on 02/25/2026 10:23:41 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: Signalman

We were supposed to have more of them but in yet another “brilliant” decision, Obama cancelled all future orders of them and shut down production. All so we could focus on the F-35 which is a flop because they’ve tried to make it all things to all people and it ends up not being particularly good at any of them.


9 posted on 02/26/2026 1:25:23 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To bad F-22s couldn’t drop F-35s as ordnance but then again it would be a very expensive dumb bomb that couldn’t hit the target anyway.


11 posted on 02/26/2026 3:58:45 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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