We need 2500 pronto. There's a lot of "bombing into the stone age" that needs to be carried out.
Here's a heads up !! One Day Only ,August 23rd FREE airshow in Atlantic City New Jersey . Right along the beach . Bring your chair and choice of beverage and soak your feet in the Atlantic Ocean while you smell the kerosine fumes .
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BOTH the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels will be featured.
I imagine the F-22 will be there but they haven't released a listing of planes as of this date .
I've talked to an F-15 pilot who's gone up against the F-22 numerous times. The F-15's never see them or hear anything until the F-22's call their shots. It's no contest. I can only imagine how other fighters would fare against them.
There's a saying in the fighter community. Migs were born to die. Looks like the Raptor will make a fine executioner.
Why Raptor? At one time I thought they were going to call it the Lightning II. Never did hear any rationale for the change.
Lightning was cool.
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Its a Jane's article and I can post it because I'm not a subscriber. Its was also 8 F-22 vs 33 F-15 not 4 my mistake.I found the quote from the pilot on wikipedia here it is scroll down to near the end to see it.
In early 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Hecker, commander of the 27th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Langley commented to Jane's Defence Weekly (18th jan. 2006) that:
"We killed 33 F-15Cs and didn't suffer a single loss," he said. "They didn't see us at all." after an exercise with 8 F-22's in Nevada in Nov. 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-22
F-22 Bump
To quote the Air Force recruiting poster:
"Americas Air Force - No One Even Comes Close."
Simple, true and understated.