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5 new F/A-22 Raptors land at base
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Posted on 01/08/2005 5:48:14 PM PST by iso

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE -- (AP) -- Five more F/A-22 Raptors landed Friday at this Florida Panhandle base where Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, is among the first pilots being trained to fly the new stealth fighter.

The five Raptors arrived from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. plant in Marietta, Ga., a day after all F/A-22s were cleared to resume flying for the first time since a Dec. 20 crash at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

The additional planes increased the number of Raptors at Tyndall to 18, more than half of the 33 now in the Air Force inventory. A 34th plane had been scheduled to arrive but its flight was postponed due to mechanical problems, said Capt. Susan A. Romano, a Tyndall spokeswoman.

Jumper is scheduled to make his final F/A-22 qualification flight here Wednesday.

The planes were grounded as a precaution after the Nellis crash. Safety and accident investigation boards have not disclosed a cause, but Air Force officials said they were confident the jets could be flown safely based on preliminary findings. The pilot suffered scrapes but was otherwise unharmed.

Eight F/A-22s are stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and seven at Nellis for testing and evaluation. All pilot training is done at Tyndall. Langley Air Force Base, Va., is expected to receive the first operational Raptors this year.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: clubbingbabyseals; fa22raptors; langleyafb; tyndallafb; usaf
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To: 1rudeboy; iso

<< 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."


141 posted on 01/09/2005 2:27:04 AM PST by Brian Allen (Who is Bob Wallace?)
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To: connectthedots; iso

<< 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.


142 posted on 01/09/2005 2:29:21 AM PST by Brian Allen (Who is Bob Wallace?)
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To: iso

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.


143 posted on 01/09/2005 5:13:36 AM PST by DYngbld (I've read the back of the Book and guess what? .... We WIN!)
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To: Cobra64

Don't forget the F-80 !


144 posted on 01/09/2005 6:49:43 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: No cliches!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; All

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

B2, F22, f16 don't come close.


145 posted on 01/09/2005 7:18:07 AM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: blogbat

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.


146 posted on 01/09/2005 7:20:19 AM PST by DuncanWaring (...and Freedom tastes of Reality)
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To: 1stFreedom

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


147 posted on 01/09/2005 7:27:08 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: No cliches!)
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To: DYngbld
Now that Langley has their first aircraft, you will get your chance. It arrived to great ceremony Friday afternoon.
148 posted on 01/09/2005 7:27:56 AM PST by HogFixer
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To: 1stFreedom

149 posted on 01/09/2005 7:34:52 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,019,003 Bush fans.)
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To: 1stFreedom
This is the SR-71 at Eglin's air armaments museum. My daughter in front.
150 posted on 01/09/2005 7:55:08 AM PST by yarddog
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To: yarddog

Is she single??? LOL

(Not the habu!!)


151 posted on 01/09/2005 8:36:14 AM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: 1stFreedom

Married and the Mother of my first Grandson.


152 posted on 01/09/2005 8:40:56 AM PST by yarddog
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To: okie01

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


153 posted on 01/09/2005 8:55:58 AM PST by VOA
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To: connectthedots
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?
154 posted on 01/09/2005 9:00:18 AM PST by Beckwith (John, you said I was going to be the First Lady. As of now, you're on the couch.)
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To: okie01; zarf

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


155 posted on 01/09/2005 9:13:06 AM PST by X-USAF
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To: iso

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


156 posted on 01/09/2005 10:33:25 AM PST by hattend (Liberals! Beware the Perfect Rovian Storm (All Hail, Chimpus Khan!))
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To: ProudVet77

"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.


157 posted on 01/09/2005 10:34:02 AM PST by Marine_Uncle
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To: VaBthang4
"... Yeah...IMHO the F16 is the baddest looking plane."

My favorite remains the F4 Phantom II series.

158 posted on 01/09/2005 10:39:59 AM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi!)
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To: GBA
>>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.

159 posted on 01/09/2005 11:01:37 AM PST by Dan Middleton (To the everlasting glory of the infantry shines the name of Roger Young!)
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To: Dan Middleton

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.


160 posted on 01/09/2005 11:56:51 AM PST by GBA
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