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To: Professor_Leonide
The F-22 just wasn’t the plane it was cracked up to be.

Evidence, please.

14 posted on 04/06/2009 11:01:10 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: B-Chan
The F-22 just wasn’t the plane it was cracked up to be. Evidence, please.

From what I've seen here at Hill AFB it is so far beyond every other current fighter that they need to put up six F-16s against one F-22 just to make it fair! It is definitely one of the most impressive aircraft in terms of flight demos that I've ever seen. It seems to defy the laws of physics at times.

24 posted on 04/06/2009 11:07:06 AM PDT by aegiscg47
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To: B-Chan; Professor_Leonide

The F-22, like the B-2 batwing bomber, may be the plane it was cracked up to be, but it won’t be able to do the jobs planned for it for long. Radar and other detection systems aren’t static; I’ve read some about Aussie JORN radars that get a reading on the turbulent air behind the plane, for instance. And Remote Piloting looks to be able to soon relegate many stand-off “weapons platforms” like the F-22 and B-2 to standby duty, and ready reserve.


32 posted on 04/06/2009 11:10:11 AM PDT by flowerplough (52% of us with incomes over $200k voted for Obama and 60% of those earning under $30K did, too.)
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To: B-Chan; Professor_Leonide

Yeah, I’d like to see the back-up to that claim also, along with an alternative replacement you may have in mind.


36 posted on 04/06/2009 11:13:45 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (my tagline is over-stimulated)
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To: B-Chan

He’s a troll, he has been jumping on every topic looking for a fight. I hope he is dealt with soon, people keep feeding him.


94 posted on 04/06/2009 11:37:01 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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