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World News See other World News Articles Title: China Freaked: U.S. Air Force Launched 24 F-22 Stealth Fighters in Massive ‘Raptor Walk’ China Freaked: U.S. Air Force Launched 24 F-22 Stealth Fighters in Massive ‘Raptor Walk’ Story by Peter Suciu • 14 June 2924 F-22 Raptor U.S. Air Force © Provided by National Interest Summary and Key Points: In March 2019, the U.S. Air Force conducted a notable "elephant walk" involving twenty-four F-22 Raptors during the Polar Force exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. F-22 -The exercise demonstrated the ability to forward deploy and deliver overwhelming combat power, featuring a close formation taxi of F-22 Raptors, a C-17 Globemaster III, and an E-3 Sentry. -This event showcased half of the 3rd Wing's Raptor fleet. The F-22 Raptor, introduced in 2005, is renowned for its stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics. -Despite the initial plan for 750 units, only 187 were built, making it a critical and unmatched component of the Air Force's tactical power. -In March 2019, the United States Air Force didn't just conduct just another "elephant walk" – the term for taxiing a large number of aircraft before takeoff. -Instead, the close formation and minimum interval takeoff of fifth- generation Lockheed Martin F-22 air superiority fighters could have rightfully been described as a march of the Raptors. Maybe we should call this a Raptor walk. The show-of-force of the U.S. Air Force's fighter occurred during the Polar Force exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, a two- week training drill that was conducted to provide aviators and ground crews an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to forward deploy and deliver overwhelming combat power. In total twenty-four F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing and 477th Fighter Group, a C-17 Globemaster III and an E-3 Sentry participated in the close formation taxi. The two dozen F-22 aircraft that participated in the mass take-off event had reportedly accounted for around half of the 3rd Wing's total Raptor fleet. F-22 Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson had conducted similar elephant walks with as many as 30 A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft as well as with a number of Japan-based F-15s, and even the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. F-22 Raptor: The U.S. Air Force's Very Best Fighter (Ever?) Combining stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor represented an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities when it was first introduced in 2005. Developed at the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, the advanced tactical fighter was designed as a supersonic, dual-engine fighter that could project air dominance, rapidly and at great distances and defeat threats attempting to deny access. Lockheed Martin teamed with Boeing to develop and build the extremely advanced tactical fighter to replace the F-15 Eagle as the United States military's front-line dominance fighter. Related video: F-22 Raptor: Upgraded and LETHAL - Still the KING of the -SKIES! (Interesting Engineering) Interesting Engineering Related video: F-22 Raptor: Upgraded and LETHAL - Still the KING of the -SKIES! The F-22 could also serve as a multi-role aircraft as well as being capable of ground attack, and electronic warfare – while it even offered signals intelligence capabilities. It was designed to combine stealth, performance, agility, and integrated avionics in a single airframe. While the Air Force had originally sought to acquire a total of 750 F-22 Raptors, in 2009, the order was scaled back to just 187 aircraft. A number of factors were cited at the time — including its high costs, and a lack of air-to-air missions due to the U.S. military’s involvement in the Global War on Terror (GWoT) and a general focus on counterinsurgency operations. F-22 Though it wasn't marketed as such at the time, the F-22 was also the first "fifth-generation" fighter — and the U.S. Air Force has remained its sole operator. Even today, the fighter is a critical component of the service's tactical power. Simply put, the F-22 cannot be matched by any known fighter aircraft today, and it is easy to see why this fifth-generation stealth warbird could remain part of the United States Air Force's fleet for decades to come. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8.
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As I understand it, the F-35 is not a dog fighter aircraft, and it would lose handily to any 4th gen fighter in a dog fight. But the theory is it's supposed to win any such fights before they become dog fights. But that means if it's up against another fighter comparable to an F-35 then the winner would probably be decided by which was more dog fight capable.
Russian and Iranian radar can see US "STEALTH" JETS. The Russians lock onto any incoming jet with a laser and can fire an air to air missile at a distance of 400 Kms (248 miles) killing it before it gets withing firing range of America's best jet air defense which is about 50 miles. The Russians would fire a Mach 12 Kinzhal at the base from which this jet flew. The Kinzhal digs a hole 98 feet (30 meters) deep where its target used to be. The Russian Krasnopol rocket artillery can hit a moving target at a distance of 76 Kms (47.22 miles.) We have nothing like that. When the Ukrainians first got NATO weapons they had a 55% chance of hitting their targets. 3 months later Russian Electronic Warfare reduced that accuracy to less than 7%. We cannot go to war with them and win. Our Israel First leaders have been firing US missiles into Russian territory. Putin responded by giving advanced Russian missiles to US opponents in the Third World. In just a few months they will be ready to attack US interests and assets all over the world. That will happen before election day.
Inshallah
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