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First FA-22 FIGHTERS Delivered to Langley Air Force Base (Read 904 times)
Dec 8th, 2010 at 10:35am

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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 FA-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+ GTurns. 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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Reply #1 - Dec 8th, 2010 at 10:40am

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Good stuff Dave..........the second and third shots clearly shows the "air-brake" effect of using aileron for spoiler and rudder to counter-act the pitch coupling ..........nice !
 

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Reply #2 - Dec 8th, 2010 at 11:37am

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Those are some very nice photos there!

I just happened to see 2 F-22's in close formation yesterday leaving out of Eglin AFB... likely on their way home to Tyndall AFB. Nice to see them flying around here even tho Tyndall is only an hour drive from here.
 

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Reply #3 - Dec 8th, 2010 at 4:12pm

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gtirob01 wrote on Dec 8th, 2010 at 11:37am:
I just happened to see 2 F-22's in close formation yesterday leaving out of Eglin AFB... likely on their way home to Tyndall AFB. Nice to see them flying around here even tho Tyndall is only an hour drive from here.


We had two overfly NAS Pensacola yesterday. Definitely a lot cooler to see than the usual Super Bugs.
 
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Reply #4 - Dec 18th, 2010 at 4:49pm

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This is news?  If you get on Google earth you will find F-22's on the ramp at Kadena AFB in Okinawa from an image taken in April 2009.  It entered service at Langley in 2005.
 

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Reply #5 - Dec 20th, 2010 at 10:09am

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Dec 18th, 2010 at 4:49pm:
This is news?  If you get on Google earth you will find F-22's on the ramp at Kadena AFB in Okinawa from an image taken in April 2009.  It entered service at Langley in 2005.


I dont believe he posted this as a news article, rather the excellent pictures of some Raptors!
 

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Reply #6 - Dec 21st, 2010 at 4:06pm

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As gtirob mentioned, they are just some pics of some Raptors  Cool
 

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