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To: sukhoi-30mki

Anybody looking into reviving the F-22??


2 posted on 05/12/2011 9:05:04 PM PDT by wendy1946
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To: wendy1946

It’s not for sale so any revival would have to be for the USAF.


3 posted on 05/12/2011 9:35:26 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: wendy1946
Anybody looking into reviving the F-22??

What the RAAF needs is a wing of F-15E Strike Eagles to replace their F-111Cs that they retired. Similar range, speed, endurance, payload, and mission. With AESA radar and the SeaSearch mode that was developed for the Singapore F-15SG, it would be the perfect maritime interdiction platform, as well as being superior to the F/A-18F in the interceptor role (much higher dash speed.)

Instead the RAAF is going to piddle away billions on a glorified short range single engine F-16 with stealth, and fly it over hundreds of square miles of water.

4 posted on 05/13/2011 9:47:57 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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