The russkies can save their rubles and buy vodka instead 0sama 0bama has canceled the F-22.
The image is very obviously a picture of an actual F-22. You can even see the Langley AFB “FF” tail code. Fox News failed BIG TIME here.
I guess they will take turns flying the two they will be able to afford.
too bad the F-22 was canceled by our enemy in chief
No Problem ,The Terrorist in Chief Kook (Tick) will give them the plans for it if they ask real nice,The Sheer hate this Marxist Loon has for this Country is boundless.
Allowing democrats into top secret installations is a definite security risk..
Is this headline grammatically correct?
What is up with Fox News or the AP?
Get hold of a copy of the book “MIG PILOT” Subtitled “The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko.” by John Barron.
The true story of the man who defected and flew a Mig-25 out of Russia via Vladivostok and landed it in Japan. He was granted asylum in the U.S., got a new identity, etc.
The U.S. Military was astounded to learn that the Mig-25 couldn’t do most of what it had been hyped to do. It had been clocked at nearly Mach II in a staged flight. When questioned about it, Belenko said the plane that did that staged flight, strictly because the Ruskies KNEW we were spying on them, had to have two new engines installed immediately after the flight. Their ball bearings are/were no good, and one flight at max speed destroyed the engines.
Has Russian bearing quality improved since then? Are they truly up to snuff in many other scientific fields which would be required to build an airplane like this which actually could perform, long term? Your guess is as good as mine. But it is interesting to contemplate.
Since its not fair that we have F22’s and the Rooskies don’t, Obamateur will give half our planes to them.
Everyone has presented good points; while Russia and China, may not innovate or have the best or first technology they will get the essentials correct, and not have to create the best component, weapon or delivery system (just think Sony, Honda or Toyota). They just have to make the vehicle or weapons delivery system capable enough to be effective at an overall lower cost comparatively and mass produce systems then work on improving capability as needed (think JSF). As their past policies have demonstrated, fielding a 5 – 1 production over xGen ATF’s (fortunately they are just now coming up to this level of performance). If for every F-15/18 (MSIP), YF/22-23, F-35… there are five to six units challenging an ATF, this swarming capability or multi-vector assault creates more work per incident. Face-off may not be too much of an issue at a distance, however, in close tactical frame could undermine ATF abilities; even worse, projection becomes marginal when costs rise per system.
