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1 posted on 05/01/2012 11:25:48 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

I thought F-22s we going to TDY to the UAE soon?


2 posted on 05/01/2012 11:29:59 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama Can't Count.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping.


3 posted on 05/01/2012 11:31:30 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Daffynition

If so, then the modern USAF pilots have gotten pretty wimpy. They’d wet themselves at the thought of an F-104...


4 posted on 05/01/2012 11:32:09 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (A conservative can't please a liberal unless he jumps in front of a bus or off of a cliff)
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To: Daffynition

Yesterday, it was how the F-35 is a terrible platform. Now, its the F-22. What the heck has happened to manned military aviation?


5 posted on 05/01/2012 11:34:16 AM PDT by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: Daffynition
That's like when we switched from Hueys to Blackhawks in the Army. I don't recall a single flight where I didn't have a caution or warning light come on or some sort of a problem with the damn things. Almost every single flight ended in a precautionary landing. Had a few electrical fires in flight as well. That's why I jumped at the opportunity to fly the boring Army fixed wing missions the second a slot opened up.
6 posted on 05/01/2012 11:35:18 AM PDT by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: Daffynition
A beautiful, flowing design. When I see an F-22, it reminds me of this:


8 posted on 05/01/2012 11:40:17 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Daffynition

Mission commander: Alright, ladies! Who wants to pilot the flying deathtraps (aka F-22) for today’s mission?

Hand raises in the back: I do! I do! If I run out of O2 I’ll just roll down the window!


9 posted on 05/01/2012 11:40:20 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Daffynition
Air Force leader says some pilots want to avoid F-22 because of oxygen-deficit problems
10 posted on 05/01/2012 11:40:51 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Daffynition

Glad to see...them using Red Neck duck tape on that baby!!!


13 posted on 05/01/2012 11:48:13 AM PDT by Osage Orange (The MSM is the most dangerous entity in the United States of America.)
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To: Daffynition

Is that bondo or strips of duct tape on top of that jet?


14 posted on 05/01/2012 11:51:15 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
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To: Daffynition

It’s so expensive, they will get in career-ending trouble for ejecting if there is a problem.


17 posted on 05/01/2012 11:58:46 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Daffynition

That picture was taken over the Sierra Nevada of California, just south west of the town of Big Pine. Boundary Peak 13,147’ (highest mountainin Nevada) and 14,282’ White Mountain Peak in California can be seen in the distance across the Owens Valley.


22 posted on 05/01/2012 12:42:48 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Daffynition
Not a whole lot of info out there on how the onboard system works and why the F22 might be different.

This is the best I've found so far. It is from a F35 special interest forum http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-15547.html and is worth reading. Has a fair number of links also.

32 posted on 05/01/2012 3:07:11 PM PDT by dickmc
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