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Video Clip of the Day: "The F-22 Raptor is Absurd"
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Posted on 03/04/2012 12:39:15 PM PST by EnjoyingLife

What else can the U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet do?


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: demo; f22a; raptor
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1 posted on 03/04/2012 12:39:28 PM PST by EnjoyingLife
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To: EnjoyingLife

Wow


2 posted on 03/04/2012 12:44:38 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: EnjoyingLife

I’ve never seen anything like that.

It seems to be able to do flips within loops.


3 posted on 03/04/2012 12:46:28 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

That was pretty unreal. What an amazing plane.


4 posted on 03/04/2012 12:47:55 PM PST by A message
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To: EnjoyingLife

UFO! UFO!


5 posted on 03/04/2012 12:56:48 PM PST by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: Ancient Drive

What else does it need to do, and it does it stealthy.


6 posted on 03/04/2012 1:04:59 PM PST by Venturer
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To: EnjoyingLife

Wow!


7 posted on 03/04/2012 1:06:38 PM PST by rightly_dividing (You cannot put a gun rack in a Volt !)
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To: EnjoyingLife

That was awesome.

Hats off to the pilot for giving the people shuch a show!

A stealthy, high performance, electronic monster.


8 posted on 03/04/2012 1:08:09 PM PST by Red6
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To: EnjoyingLife
Awesome!
9 posted on 03/04/2012 1:08:29 PM PST by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: chris37

As manueverable as an old biplane at more than twice the speed.


10 posted on 03/04/2012 1:09:37 PM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

We saw them at an airshow recently. It is really something to see one come roaring in and then stop and hover using amazing brute thrust. Woo Hoo!


11 posted on 03/04/2012 1:10:14 PM PST by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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yep- tooo powerful for the U.S.A to have-

I know ...let’s cut the number of planes ordered and cancel the program. (o’bummer did that)


12 posted on 03/04/2012 1:10:44 PM PST by mj1234
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To: EnjoyingLife

Amazing. I to had seen a raptor demo (Elmendorf AFB)and this clip does it no justice (as amazing as that is). The demo I saw I saw it fly level, flip facing 180, and power to the reverse direction. It can flip, twist, and flip some more. A P-51 Mustang came on scene, from an earlier demo, and the raptor flew in super duper tight formation with the Mustang.


13 posted on 03/04/2012 1:21:31 PM PST by IDFbunny
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F-22 Raptor aircraft from the 90th Fighter Squadron out of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and the 49th Fighter Wing out of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, fly to the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada February 4, 2010, during Red Flag. Red Flag, which is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Three USAF F-22A Raptors fly to the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag on February 4, 2010. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Erin Taylor Worley, United States Air Force. Via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200905.htm (medium, large)
14 posted on 03/04/2012 1:23:32 PM PST by EnjoyingLife
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It took the gold at the Acrobatic Aircraft Olympics?


15 posted on 03/04/2012 1:25:31 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: EnjoyingLife

It’s an amazing machine. Seen the Raptor at a few air shows.


16 posted on 03/04/2012 1:28:10 PM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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Yea, I’ve got some buddies who own a small programming company.. Told them they need to work more so we can buy one of these :)


17 posted on 03/04/2012 1:29:46 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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Wow!


18 posted on 03/04/2012 1:35:20 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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This is worth a looksee.
That is one agile fighter jet. Whew.


19 posted on 03/04/2012 1:36:36 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: EnjoyingLife

made my day. Thanks.


20 posted on 03/04/2012 1:42:33 PM PST by huldah1776
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