Yeah, it’s propaganda. But don’t let anyone try and fool you into thinking this isn’t the best fighter aircraft in the world. And yeah, it’s the same one the Obama administration cancelled production on a few months back.
H/T Theo Spark
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Nope, we quit buying those months ago…Yeah, it’s propaganda. But don’t let anyone try and fool you into thinking this isn’t the best fighter aircraft in the world. And yeah, it’s the same one the Obama administration cancelled production on a few months back. H/T Theo Spark 7 comments to Nope, we quit buying those months ago… |
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Military spending can always be revised. Clinton did a number on defense spending, but that got reversed.
Is it propaganda when it’s the truth?
I’ve seen some other videos of it. There’s no other fighter like it, and won’t be for many years.
When it’s brought back, it will still be ahead of it’s time.
If it’s as well built and thought out as the fighter/bomber it will replace (F-15) it will still be a match for any enemy out there 30 years on.
You see this quite often with the government purchased equipment, particularly when Democrats are in power. The defense department will spend tens of billions of dollars developing a world class weapon system over a decade. Once all the research and development money has been spent , all the money to set up the production line has been spent and the money to work out the bugs is spent, then they cancel the program after the production line cranks out a relatively small number of items. The B-2 program produced something like 25 aircraft because “there would be no use for them” in the future. Naturally, each plane “costs” over a billion dollars each when you make a handful.
Each additional plane purchased now costs far less than the first lot because all the major money items have already been paid for. The secret, of course, is that there’s less payola to spread around in political districts at that point, which may give you some notion what what the process is actually about – and it isn’t about producing the most efficient military machine possible.
I used to live in Virginia Beach, VA, and my dad worked Civil Service out at NAS Oceana. I sometimes miss the sound of Freedom streaking overhead. Of course, the Dems have no interest in our safety…
First time I’ve seen a Raptor with wing pylons and tanks on it … makes quite a difference in how it looks, and I’m sure kills the RCS!
F-22 production could be brought back when obama gets booted out, but it will be difficult. Restarting a production line after it has been stopped is difficult, and very expensive. You can see how hard Lockheed and Boeing have been trying to keep the F-16 and F-15 lines open, because closing the lines effectively ends production for good.
The F-22 is not perfect. It has problems with its RAM coating. I’ve seen several that have it peeled back from the leading edges after flying through a heavy cloud. It is maintenance intensive – many more man hours per flight hour than was predicted. It still lacks a critical component that allows it to integrate its systems in real time with other aircraft – a capability that was planned to be added post-production, but funding was cut.
However, it is the most advanced and most capable fighter in the world. You’ll get some arguments from a few who think that Europe’s offerings (Eurofighter, Rafale, Griffin) are direct competitors. Also, some think that the latest Russian and Chinese offerings would hold their own against it. Well, you have to think of the entire equation when comparing them. The aircraft itself … the training … the command and control … the tactics … the maintenance … How many times have we seen Russian jets being put through their paces at airshows, only to end up digging fiery holes?
I for one would not want to go up against one of the Raptors in anything (if I was indeed Joe Fighter pilot).
BTW – for those of you ‘not in the know’, Outlaw13 flies the Army’s equivalent of the F-22 – the AH-64D Longbow Apache is the most advanced, badass helicopter in the world!
Holy smoke! I had no idea. Thought Outlaw piloted Blackhawks or some such. Takes a bigger man than me, certainly, not to brag to the whole world about being an Apache pilot.