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To: billyboy15

The F-22 was originally supposed to have at least 750 of the first revision plus sales to a few trusted allies. The follow-on version was to have at least as many, and the plan was that F-22 variants should replace all of our F-15s. We ended up with 187, of which several have been destroyed without replacements and many of which are unserviceable.

The F-35 is nowhere near as capable in air to air or even ground support as the F-22. Its integral cannon has only 200 rounds - one or two bursts. Maybe three.


71 posted on 08/02/2020 1:15:16 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

The F-35 is nowhere near as capable in air to air or even ground support as the F-22. Its integral cannon has only 200 rounds - one or two bursts. Maybe three.
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Not what I read but then I don’t fly the thing and truthfully neither you or I know the exact capabilities of the ones we fly which would be different from what we sell to our allies.


72 posted on 08/02/2020 1:58:52 PM PDT by billyboy15
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