He said they had noticed it too. Maybe it was jealousy but he said that wing was generally considered the worst one in the Air Force. Now they get the F-22 first.
I thought the contract was for 277 Raptors, not 107.
Have the morons who think all we need now are "special forces and drones because the only enemies now are non-state actors" reduced it again?
Grrr...we should never have reduced it from the original requirement of 700 Raptors.
>:(
I know you didn't write that headline,
but Langley Virginia is Fairfax County, inside the DC beltway. It's home of the CIA, near the Potomac River.
The F-22's are in Hampton, Virginia, of course.
(at Langley Air Force Base)
I say cut Medicare, Medicaid, abolish the Dept of Edu. and BUY 2500 of these babies!
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
1. F-15 Eagle
2. F-14 Tomcat
3. F-22 Raptor
4. A-10 Warthog
5. F-16 Falcon
6. SR-71 Blackbird
7. F/A 18 Super Hornet
8. B1 Lancer
9. B-52 Superfortress
10. AC-130 Spectre/Striker
Good site for raptor fans!
http://www.f22fighter.com/
They look like dolphins.
Seriously, I live north of Atlanta. Yesterday 6 fighter jets flew over the house in a west to east direction, fairly low and slow. I could not see if they were all the same.
The odd thing was they cut right through the normal landing path for the Atlanta airport which runs north to south.
Wondering if it had something to do with this. Is there a type of ceremony for new fighters?
Don't know the lingo, but I love watching those fighters fly.
I recall in his book, Chuck Yeager said something like "The better pilot will win even in an inferior plane." I wonder if we are approaching the point where the better plane will win assuming the pilots are at least competent.