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 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. 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 he will Temporarily lose consciousness, so the Raptor then automatically comes back To straight and level flight until he Wakes back up. QUOTE Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
FYI a squadron of Raptors has been based in Elmendorf AFB for months now. Cool paint scheme on the upper surfaces.
That paint scheme was devised by Keith Ferris, artist and son of an air force pilot. I'm not sure what it does except to try to break up the pattern of the aircraft. Switches
Your eye (actually your brain) picks up shapes. If you break up the shape and give it a neutral color it blends in easier to background clutter. May make you miss it or miss what it is for just long enough to be too late.
The first F/A-22 arrived a Langley AFB on 12 May 2005. Since renamed the F-22A, the aircraft has been widely distributed and deployed to PACAF and other locations to prove its flexibility and capability. Taz Terry Phillips
Brian, how can this work when you have outlined the shape of the aircraft with a light grey color ? Switches
Ahem, that's stealth duct tape. It makes the brain think it's looking at a broken down car and not a military jet, at least long enough before it's too late.
Even at 83 I ain't that late. The shot of the F-22 over Fortress Monroe brings back memories of when I was stationed at Langley Field in '44-'45. Different now with no B-24's or B-17's. Switches
I believe the Hawaii ANG, is the next unit to obtain the Raptor. Perhaps that will be the last unit ? Holloman (49th F.W.), obtained the Raptors after the Wing in AK stood up. I believe the 531st F.S., will be reactivated to fly as an associate unit, along with the Hawaii ANG - 199th F.S. The VA ANG also flies the Raptor out of Langley, as an associate unit. The AFRES, also has an associate unit in AK. Integration of active and ANG units, has never been so good. Gen Whitehead just after WW II remarked, that the Air Guard was essentially just flyable storage. The Total Force, has come a long way. I hope they will build a few more Raptors. The F-35, is just not the same airplane, from what I have read. Gates is on a mission, to destroy manned Tacair.
All in jest of course. You are more with it than an SR71 at full afterburner. B-24's/17's - That must've been a sight in itself.
I can't tell you how many times my mind returns to the sounds of those R1830's and R1820's, the wailing brakes as the big stuff taxied by the barracks, and the constant sounds of airplanes running up and taking off. I know that it doesn't make much sense now but I bunked right at the end of the main runway and we were lulled to sleep by machinery of the time. I had a helluva time re-learning how to sleep when I returned to a small little house on a key off the coast of Florida where there was no sound except the lapping of the gentle waves of the Gulf. Langley was a great station. Switches
This sounds like BS. 22g = the force of a car on your body, this seems like it would do serious damage if not kill you, especially since it would be virtually instantaneous.
I just thought of a game that I played with my buddies at night when the night training missions were taking off over our barracks. Hardly anybody could recognize the sounds of the different airplanes coming over so I would bet on what it was unseen. I made a lot of beer money when I would correctly guess what came over. The B-17's always had a sort of popping sound to them due to the 9 cylinder Wrights. The B-24's always had a smoother liquid sound to them due to the 18 cylinder P&W's and they were the only ones to have the spot disc brakes then. We would call operations and verify the type. Nice sight to see the four red hot donuts of the turbo chargers as they went over. Some good memories , some not as good.