Another "praise the Raptor" article

[Swanee]

Wow. Never thought we'd see the day. I think it's a shame we're only gettin 183 of them... with all that money sunk into R&D, we might as well reap the rewards of our investment.

Well, the fighter mafia is not in charge anymore. Everyone kind of expected (as least I did) the AF to change it's tune somehow. This may only be the beginning; we'll see what happens.

Gen Schwartz is a Spec Ops type C-130 guy. http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7077

 

[insanebikerboy]

... with all that money sunk into R&D, we might as well reap the rewards of our investment.

Well, the technology has been created now, so hopefully it'll trickle into future aircraft/systems. Regardless, that still doesn't quite take the sting out of cost per aircraft of the -22.

 

[jfulginiti]

Stealth fighters against irregular armed forces with no radars. The F-22 program has never made sense to me.

 

[Junkball]

Stealth fighters against irregular armed forces with no radars. The F-22 program has never made sense to me.

Yeah, but they have 20 mm cannon! Fast reaction times! Stealth!

The argument counter to yours is that we're planning to fight the next war(s) with it, not this low-intensity stuff we've been dealing with for the past 15-20 years.

Well, the technology has been created now, so hopefully it'll trickle into future aircraft/systems...

But I want it NOW NOW NOW ME GENERATION INSTANT GRATIFICATION

 

[mmx1]

Stealth fighters against irregular armed forces with no radars. The F-22 program has never made sense to me.

Apparently this guy, no kidding, thinks we should send Global Hawks and F-22's against pirates.

http://gawker.com/5204575/shill-gen...uperfighter-can-stop-pirates?skyline=true&s=x

 

[HeyJoe]

Que?

Well, the fighter mafia is in charge anymore.

What the 2/LT meant to say was "NOT in charge" anymore, ne c'est pas?

 

[A4sForever]

More A-4's are the answer ... game over.

 

[Swanee]

What the 2/LT meant to say was "NOT in charge" anymore, ne c'est pas?

You're right, that is what I meant. I know, I know, I'm one of those nasty Lieutenants they warn you about at OCS...

 

[nittany03]

More A-4's are the answer ... game over.

I'll see your J-52 and raise you another. Can you imagine loading an A-6 up with 26 500lb JDAMs?

 

[A4sForever]

I'll see your J-52 and raise you another. Can you imagine loading an A-6 up with 26 500lb JDAMs?

It would be a piece of cake, system-wise and crew-wise to a large degree .... now throw in a tanker or two and you've got 24/7 bombs airborne AND available ... let's see ... 12-14 bombers/squadron ... 4 tankers .... mebbe pump it to 6 tankers ...

 

[fc2spyguy]

I'll see your J-52 and raise you another. Can you imagine loading an A-6 up with 26 500lb JDAMs?

How I would love to fly that platform

 

[nittany03]

How I would love to fly that platform

Work on your AOA approaches, then.

 

[MasterBates]

Is anyone else having problems with FF rendering smileys and such in low-res or is it just me?

Problem seems confined to AW and not the other forums I frequent.
/threadjack

 

[fc2spyguy]

Work on your AOA approaches, then.

Yeah, the six I tried during PAs weren't the best, but I'm done w/ them for now. Now, if I could only finish forms . . . oh wait, not scheduled tomorrow . . .

Edit: Oh yeah, got a new patch for Fridays . . . .

 

[bucks87]

Problem seems confined to AW and not the other forums I frequent.
/threadjack

Blasphemy