Posted on 04/04/2013 6:50:57 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
Col. Kevin Robbins still remembers the first time he saw the F-22 Raptor. He was driving near the flightline of then Langley Air Force Base when he heard a load roar and saw a plane streak across his field of vision and start performing several aerial maneuvers. He stopped the car, got out and stared in amazement. An F-15 Eagle pilot himself, the colonel couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"This plane was doing things that shouldn't be possible in a jet," he said. "I just kept thinking that if anyone tried that in any other plane, he'd be dead."
The colonel wasn't sure how the plane was able to do the things in the air that he was witnessing, but he couldn't wait to find out. He applied for and was accepted to the F-22 program soon after.
Today, he not only flies the jet, but also leads some of the best pilots in the world as commander of the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
(Excerpt) Read more at airman.dodlive.mil ...
Video No. 2: "4 F-22 Raptors break formation @ 2009 Thunder Over the Boardwalk"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qE1QJqgHYU
Also visited the Langley Complex and they had planes of the future....This was my first look at the Stealth.
IIRC, at Langley....You temporarily give them all rights to your person and all possessions.
We saw them fly in an airshow at Andrews. They are amazing.
But are they good enough to beat the mighty North Korean Air Force?
another good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc04qQTY6bs
you can thank 0bama for shutting down its development / deployment (not to mention the lack of attention towards the sabotage efforts...)
i’m guessing they pushed a few to NK just to scrap them
I wonder how long before the traitors give the blueprints to Russia and China ?
Thanks for the video links. I just watched the first one. Amazing! Its maneuverability makes it look like one of those radio controlled planes we used to fly.
It is unfair for the US to have this advantage. All F22s must be grounded and scrapped. /liberal
It can take out the first 100 NK fighters that come after it.
Talk about laying it on thick...
The thrust-vectoring nozzles (TVN) fitted to the MiG-29 and Su-35/Su-37 are 3D nozzles whereas the TVN fitted to the F-22 are only 2D, so this makes them more maneuverable.
Video #1 - Best Sukhoi Su 37 Terminator 360° Kulbit
Video #2 - MiG-29 with TVN at 2006 Farnborough.
That there is what we call Freedom.
“I wonder how long before the traitors give the blueprints to Russia and China?”
Even if they had complete plans, they still lack the manufacturing ability.
I’m sure they could build something resembling the F-22 to the naked eye but stealth construction requires incredibly tight tolerances. Machines that manufacture to such a tolerance typically have be isolated from the earth’s natural vibrations. Small parts you can hold in your hand cost a fortune to manufacture to such a tolerance and the F-22 is full of HUGE ones.
That's why they use tape and caulk to seal the gaps on stealth platforms like the F-117 and the B-2.
already happened within the last few years... theirs is called the J-20:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/china-stealing-top-secret-technology-from-f-22-stealth-fighter/11850
0bama made sure... along with re-instating the chinese nationals in our nuke labs:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/21/inside-the-ring-105581724/?page=all
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