FA22 Fighter Jets - Pics and Gossip from overseas buddies

[Guest Michael Coates]

I have several XCOM customers overseas that are always sending me information and pictures about their going ons... This email has some great photos!

 

THESE ARE THE FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE.

 

These are Great In-flight Photos Of the FA-22 as the first Aircraft

 

Delivery was being made to Langley AFB in Va. Langley is to be first

 

Operational AFB for the FA-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 FA-22 in the last of these photos is The F-15, which will be replaced by The FA-22 which is several times

 

Better..

 

In Actual In-flight (simulated) Combat Operations against the F-15,

 

Two FA-22s were able to operate Without detection while they went

 

Head to head against (8) F-15s. The FA-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'!

 

FA-22 -- America 's Most Advanced Fighter Aircraft for the 21st Century! They're a titanium and carbon 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 will temporarily lose consciousness, so the Raptor then automatically comes back to straight and level flight until he wakes back up.

 

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[Guest 757GB]

Great information Michael, thanks for sharing!

 

 

[Guest Cat on a PC©]

I don't suppose any of your clients mentioned the F/A-18 "Growler" that got an FA-22 kill?

 

Nice pics by the way.

 

 

[Guest Michael Coates]

Dont know about that.... i just get the ocasional email they send me that go around the AFBases... Some nice pics of helicopters about 1/3 scale UAV type also floating around. When i get them i will share them for the general interest value.

 

 

[Guest 757GB]

I don't suppose any of your clients mentioned the F/A-18 "Growler" that got an FA-22 kill?

I heard about that one, but don't have the details.

 

 

[Coop]

Some very weird control positions in some of those shots- obviously these things don't fly like conventional machines- but I already knew that. It's just weird seeing the results show up in the position of the control surfaces...

 

Coop

 

 

[Guest Michael Coates]

That was the first thing i noticed, my explination is they are trying to create drag to slow the plane down to match the photo planes speed ?? perhaps ??

 

 

[nepolean77]

The F22 Raptor is a state of the art very expensive aircraft if a F18 can shoot one down a Mig might do so as well,it will be interesting to see how it goes in real combat.

 

 

[Guest airsick]

Some very weird control positions in some of those shots- obviously these things don't fly like conventional machines- but I already knew that.

I think it is done just to create a low pressure area and produce the trails for a pretty picture. Could be wrong though...