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To: ASOC
" I had heard the F117 HAD to travel in company with a EF-111 jammer platform, as the -117 stuck out like a sore thumb on low band radar..... "

I didn't write that line.

But, anyway, yes, the F-22 is a better plane... is it more stealthy than the F-117 ?
81 posted on 11/02/2006 9:39:34 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

Yes, and faster, better sensor suite and so on.

I would not bet the -22 is any more expensive than the 117.

I was at Nellis when they did the roll out. Quite the party.


82 posted on 11/02/2006 9:45:33 PM PST by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

An experienced operator on an high grade radar system could track one, but it wasn't easy. It barely showed up on the screen when they did. Stealth isn't supposed to be invisible, but difficult to track.


86 posted on 11/02/2006 10:29:05 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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