FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED
TO LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE.
This is a great in-flight photo
of the FA-22 as the first aircraft
delivery was being made to Langley
AFB in Va. Langley is the first
Operational AFB for the FA-22. It is
a very beautiful AFB, located in a
picturesque location.
The aircraft flying along with the
FA-22 in the second photo 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 of the F-15 Aircraft and the
FA-22s were never detected by
either the F-15s or by 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-22s --
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 the pilot will
temporarily lose consciousness, so the
Raptor then automatically comes back
to straight and level flight until he or she
wakes back up.
Pretty cool technology. I'm now advised that the F-22s have indeed become operational since 2006, and now the latest and greatest is the F-35! hope we'll get a budget that will fund more of these superplanes!
John