First fa-22 fighters delivered to langley

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FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY

FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED

TO LANGLEY

These are Great In-flight Photos of the

F/A-22 as the first Aircraft Delivery was

being made to Langley AFB in Va.

Langley is to be first Operational AFB

for the F/A-22. It is a very beautiful AFB,

located in a picturesque location, as

you can see in these photos, near

Norfolk and Hampton , Va.

The Aircraft flying along with the

F/A-22 in the last of these photos is the

F-15, which will be replaced by the

F/A-22 which is several times better

than the F-15.

In Actual In-flight (simulated) Combat

Operations against the F-15, two F/A-22s

were able to operate without detection

while it went Head to Head against (8)

F-15s. The F/A-22s scored Missile Hits

(Kills) against all the F-15 Aircraft and

the F/A-22s were never Detected by

either the F-15s or Ground Based

Radar. Maj. Gen. Rick Lewis said: 'The

Raptor Operated Against All

Adversaries with Virtual Impunity;

Ground Based Systems Couldn't

Engage and NO Adversary Aircraft

Survived'!

F/A-22-- America 's Most Advanced

Fighter Aircraft for the 21st Century!!!!

They're a titanium and carb on fiber

dagger. They're so advanced that if

their on-board locator is switched off

even our own satellites can lose track

of them. They're the first military aircraft

ever built that is equipped with a 'black

-out button'
What that means is this ...
The best conditioned fighter pilots are

capable of maintaining consciousness

up to in the vicinity of 15+ G. The Raptor

is capable of making 22+ G turns. If

someday an adversary builds a missile

that is capable of catching up to one

of these airplanes and a Raptor pilot

sees that a strike is imminent, he hits

the 'b.o.b.' and the airplane makes a

virtual U-turn, leaving the missile to

pass right on by.

They know that in the process he'll

temporarily lose consciousness, so the

Raptor then automatically comes back

to straight and level flight until he

wakes back up.

Enjoy the Photos!

[smileyman]

BAD A$$ mofos! Thanks for the pics. As long as we have the $$ to support them these things will own the sky!

[AquaPython]

balls

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Supermoto of the sky

[Apoc]

sweet!

[Homeslice]

nice plane.......too bad they cost $350 mil each

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

nice plane.......too bad they cost $350 mil each

They get that figure by dividing total program(A program that's been dragged out by over 25 years) cost by # of aircraft ordered.

The high cost is the fault of congress and the end of the cold war. That and a bit of mission creep in the program, something bound to happen when you fuck up a program over and over during the 25+ years you've had it in development.
Air Force put out requirements in 1981.

Had Ford developed a new Ford Focus under similar circumstances, it would sell for about $50 million a copy.

[Phenix_Rider]

I always laugh when people say this will replace the F14, F15, F16, F117, whatever. It will be another 10 years plus before they come out in any real numbers. The roles may overlap, but no single plane is going to be the best at everything.

[Homeslice]

They already have almost 200, none of which have actually done any service in the Middle East

USAF wants more (of course)........Gates will probably say no (smart move)

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

I always laugh when people say this will replace the F14, F15, F16, F117, whatever. It will be another 10 years plus before they come out in any real numbers. The roles may overlap, but no single plane is going to be the best at everything.

It will only replace a % of the F-15 fleet...bout time considered the airframes on the C models have been worn out for years.

F-14 has already been replaced by the SuperHornet (kinda...) F-16 and F-117 are being replaced by the F-35 (and armed drones).