It is VERY tough to be prepared for every contingency in the world today. WWII
involved a lot of tanks, fighters and bombers. Korea was more of an Infantry
war, where close air support (CAS) was critical. Vietnam, light infantry, with
Helicopters and CAS. Desert Storm (Where I was) Tanks, Apache Helicopters,
Stealth, etc. Afghanistan and Iraq: Infantry. What will be needed next? Only
country I am worried about IMHO in an all out conflict would be something to do
with China. Otherwise, will probably be low intensity warfare.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: mrbpdx
To: airline2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: [Airline] Re: FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY


--- In airline2@yahoogroups.com, exTWAer wrote:
>The Raptor is a very impressive aircraft. Much more advanced than anything
when compared to anything else in the market. It is not what this country needs
at this time.
>
> not an airliner but a superb aircraft just the same
> fwdd by
> exTWAer
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> FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY
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> I would want to mess with them puppies.
> The CIA must be feeling safer already.
>
>
> >>
> >>FIRST FA-22 FIGHTER DELIVERED TO LANGLEY
> >>It's a beauty!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>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
> >>more capable.
> >>
> >>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-force. The
> >>raptor is capable of generating 22+ G in
> >>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 up.
>





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