Current Flt. Lt. Dan Robinson of the British Royal Air Force had this to say about the F-22: "The aircraft is quite simply the most capable combat aircraft in the world today... It's been repeatedly demonstrated in large scale exercises over in the US with kill ratios in the region of 144 to 0... It has been pretty well proven... Right now it's ahead of everything else." He is an Exchange Pilot that has flown both RAF and USAF planes including the F-22.
Report to US congress 2007 (GAO-07-406SP on page 78):
The F22 have at least 2 structural problems:
- The F22 have cracks (up to 18 cm)in the aircraft's aft boom where the horizontal tail attaches to the fuselage.
-The F22 have cracs in "titanium casting" materials near the engine.
A key reliability requirement for the F-22A is a 3-hour mean time between maintenance, but right now its LESS than 1 hour! The F22 is junk, its very unreliable!
lol...built in the u.s.a with chinese and indian hands....thanks H1-B visa!
1988rogers 2 years ago
There currentl about 200 raptors ethier made or being made to this date but congress might stop at 200 if budget is cut.
jtlovett27 2 years ago
Copied from another one of my posts:
Current Flt. Lt. Dan Robinson of the British Royal Air Force had this to say about the F-22: "The aircraft is quite simply the most capable combat aircraft in the world today... It's been repeatedly demonstrated in large scale exercises over in the US with kill ratios in the region of 144 to 0... It has been pretty well proven... Right now it's ahead of everything else." He is an Exchange Pilot that has flown both RAF and USAF planes including the F-22.
Raptor03042 3 years ago
no, it hasnt beat the raptor, u wish it did dumbass so u lie about it. the raptor is a typhoon killer.
oo0wned0oo 3 years ago
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Report to US congress 2007 (GAO-07-406SP on page 78):
The F22 have at least 2 structural problems:
- The F22 have cracks (up to 18 cm)in the aircraft's aft boom where the horizontal tail attaches to the fuselage.
-The F22 have cracs in "titanium casting" materials near the engine.
A key reliability requirement for the F-22A is a 3-hour mean time between maintenance, but right now its LESS than 1 hour! The F22 is junk, its very unreliable!
Zeptocomp 4 years ago
yeah, every cnongressman knows nothing about aviation.
really.
nakazatoGTR 3 years ago
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The Eurofighter have already beaten the F22 - take this source:
"internatinal AIR POWER REVIEW" - year 2006, issue 20, page 45. - ISNB: 1-880588-91-9 (casebound) or ISBN: 1473-9917.
The Typhoon is a Raptor killer
Zeptocomp 4 years ago
no it hasnt these planes have never met in anykind of combat sim. i think next red flag will be the first time.
cvire1971 4 years ago
The planes have in fact met each other. Would be good to look at his source and review that before ignoring things in self-denial.
randomusernamemygod 3 years ago
How did it beat it, exactly? Being cheaper, and more "Euro"-y?
PrinzEugn 4 years ago