"The Raptor’s advantages over an F-15 are remarkable. It flies better than anything I have ever flown or flown against."F-16 and F-15 Pilots take on F-22...and die wholesale in the process
"Aggressor pilots are not typical Air Force line units. They tend to have much more experience," says Mike Estrada, a spokesman at the air base. "And I can tell you that our Aggressor pilots are getting very tired of always getting shot down by the F-22."F-22 Performance statistics released
"My F-16 is still a formidable weapons system in its own right. But it is not even in the same league as an F-22," Brenton says. "Technology keeps the F-22 a virtually undetectable and untouchable regime. It is fair to say that unless an F-22 driver makes a mistake, or has a critical system failure, I will always lose a fight against him. That is a good thing. As a nation, we want it this way. We also want him to be able to handle two, six or eight of us completely on his own."
When it comes to fighting Raptors, regeneration is an expected occurrence for WIC Red Teams. "We do everything we can to try and challenge them: We increase our total numbers, we regenerate, we electronically jam the environment. And we die," Brenton says. "We die wholesale. We are kill- removed repeatedly and then regenerated, and then we are killed again. The process would be demoralizing if we didn't maintain proper perspective. This is our job while we are here. What motivates us is the fact that we are training our brethren—and they are damn good at what they do."
But now, we will end up at 187 of these fabulous, most modern, most dominant fighters.
187 F-22's, 20- B-2's and 100 B-1B's. Does anyone else not see anything wrong with this picture?
These are tremendous force multipliers for us...we need many more to ensure our absolute dominance...but we have a marxist in the White House, abetted by more of the same in congress, who are not interested in us dominating anything.
To the contrary, they appear hell bent on us being dominated at home and abroad. They thus fail to fulfill the very most basic function of government.
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
Isn’t the bottom line on these F22’s really about Israel?
187 F-22's, 20- B-2's and 100 B-1B's. Does anyone else not see anything wrong with this picture?
Yes, I do. Let history be our guide. The Oct. 2009 issue of Flight Journal has an interesting article about the F-4. It ends by noting that "Out of 2,254 Air Force aircraft lost in the Vietnam War, 444 were Phantoms."
While those loss numbers vary a little depending upon the source, it's sobering to consider how many aircraft we currently have in our inventory, the average age of those planes, our current rate of retirement and how long it takes to ramp up production should we ever fight a war where our aircraft are up against another airforce.
Supposedly, the F-4 was far superior to the Soviet fighters and our tactics and training superior to the defenses and pilots of the Vietnamese, yet those are serious losses. Do we have anywhere nearly enough aircraft for whatever combat we may face in the future?
You are missing the point! Don’t you understand?! It’s not fair for us to have such an advantage! It only leads us into imperial aggression against defenseless countries that mean us no harm and would like us a lot more if we would only institute cap & trade and hamstring our own economy for their benefit which is only fair since we are using all the worlds resources at an unsustainable rate, causing global whining from pole to pole, which btw are melting and drowning all the polar bears! Have you no empathy for the drowning Polar Bears!!!! We have to get rid of the F-22 to save the planet from ourselves!!!!!
Whew... channeling liberals is exhausting!
The other things I am concerned about is munition levels.