5 new F/A-22 Raptors land at base

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[Brian Allen]

<< 5 new F/A-22 Raptors land at base

What a relief. Can you imagine the s+++storm if somebody left them up in the air? >>

As one of my instructors once observed, "Don't worry, Son, we haven't had one stuck up there, yet."

[Brian Allen]

<< Why is a general being trained to fly this plane, besides ego gratification? >>

No other excuse.

Waste of bloody kerosene!

Must be a KKKling Tong-era left-over perfumed prince.

[DYngbld]

I live in the flight path for Langley AFB. I hear the F22 is bit louder. Can't wait to see them flying around here. We always have interesting aircraft over the house, it was one of the selling points for me.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Don't forget the F-80 !

[1stFreedom]

SR-71 = THE sexiest aircraft to date, bar none.

B2, F22, f16 don't come close.

[DuncanWaring]

P-38s - there is still at least one flying. It's got a web site somewhere (I don't recall where). It was dug out of the Greenland icecap and restored a few years back.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Black Birds are constructed almost entirely of titanium, bought from Brazil. The Brazilians bought the ore from Russia...

[HogFixer]

Now that Langley has their first aircraft, you will get your chance. It arrived to great ceremony Friday afternoon.

[ChadGore]

[yarddog]

This is the SR-71 at Eglin's air armaments museum. My daughter in front.

[1stFreedom]

Is she single??? LOL

(Not the habu!!)

[yarddog]

Married and the Mother of my first Grandson.

[VOA]

I didn't get to attend the 2004 "Salute To Veterans" airshow in Columbia, MO,
but I think the famed P-38 "Glacier Girl" flew there.
I did manage to dredge this our of the 2004 show highlights:
http://www.salute.org/Images/2004Highlights/Saturday/pages/PICT0165_JPG.htm

The (slightly balky) site of the show is at
http://www.salute.org

[Beckwith]

Why is a general being trained to fly this plane, besides ego gratification?

A good commander always goes first.

The motto of the Infantry School at Ft. Benning is "Follow me".

My guess is you're a civilian and wouldn't understand?

[X-USAF]

I gotta go with the F-18. Any Navy out there want to pipe in?

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-18ef_11.jpg

[hattend]

Anybody have a link to a story about the Dec 20th crash at Nellis?

[Marine_Uncle]

"Thanks. Found this a bit ago, they have some serious defense people there: http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/6-8139.asp"

Thanks, I'll check the site out. No response needed this late in the post.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... Yeah...IMHO the F16 is the baddest looking plane."

My favorite remains the F4 Phantom II series.

[Dan Middleton]

>>nd I believe that Lefty Gardner's race P-38 is still flying.<<

I think it is actually undergoing repairs after a crash, but I'm not sure.

>> In case you didn't know, the original name for the F-22 was the Lighning II in honor of the original.<<

And they should have kept calling it the Lightning II. Raptor isn't bad, but people think they're talking about dinosaurs.

[GBA]

If true, that's too bad, but hopefully it will fly again. I remember being in the pit area at one of the Phoenix 500 air races and ducking out of a rare rain storm under that plane. It was a religious experience.