2008 NAS Oceana Airshow - F-22 Raptor Demonstration

F-22 Raptor Demonstration
F-22 Raptor Demo Team

2008 NAS Oceana Airshow
NAS Oceana, Virginia
Friday September 19, 2008

IN THIS VIDEO, watch as Major Paul "Max" Moga flies the Raptor through a very dynamic demonstration over the skies of NAS Oceana. Remember that this demo is flown in an aircraft that is in a combat configuration, not unlike the Sukhoi demonstrations you have seen in airshows in Europe, which are flown with aircraft that have been stripped of all weapons stations and flown in a modified fuel configuration. I apologize for the poor video quality, as I was trying my best to get the best video under VERY WINDY conditions, which persisted through Saturday night.

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[subprime2006]

"This RAPTOR is just proof that RUSSIANS are 10 years in front of USA in JET Fighters....Russians made SU-37 some time between 1993 and 1997. It has same monuvers and better then Raptor. Only thing better on Raptor are electronics.." said by velibor777

So why does Sukhoi (Russia, India & Brazil) is trying to build one just like the Raptor?

p.s PAK "T-50", aka Raptorski!

Russian are the JOKE!

[apachescalp]

Discussions below on whether Russian vs. American technology is better neglect the most important factor; crew capability. Regardless of what Russians say about their platforms; few can debate the quality of American aircrew training and the amount of hours given to US pilots vis a vis their Russian and Chinese counterparts. At the end of the debate; whatever static comparison you wish to make re technology; it will be the of America's aircrew training which will rule the day for America!

[nimaside]

@subprime2006 No it does not. It just shows that America decided to put vectoring in the f-22. What does that have to do with being 10 years ahead of us in jet technology. Nothing. America decided to spend more effort in stealth. That's like saying the Pak t-50 is proof that America is over 20 years ahead of Russia in jet technology since that jet just came out. The are just different capabailities of the aircrafts.

[blackwolfdemon6]

OMG! KOOOOOOL!

[bryanpgalligan]

i thought that was only conventional stealth designs. isn't that why the raptor is supposed to be so revolutionary -- because it absorbs radar instead of using right angles to deflect it?

[airshow4444]

its to reach the crowd limit line

[YahwehisGreat]

The closer you are to a sam site the larger your radar signature appears. Because stealth is only useful at a distance, they simply were flying too close to a sam site which turned on and fired at them shooting them down. The sam radar has a circle of effective range you can imagine is miles across. When a stealthy aircraft flys by the sam site its far enough away for it to pass by undetected. Yes, 1966 technology but same difference. If the F-22 flew to close it would have trouble too.

[velibor777]

Well its not a Raptor or SU-37 but pilot....I was in Serbia when NATO used Stelth there...4 of these fighters got hit with wapon from 1966...

[EarlMcCrackin]

Yeah, electronics and the fact that it shows up like a marble on a radar. NASA was doing this stuff in the early 90's too, but NASA isn't a defense company trying to whore their jets out for sales like Sukhoi.

[velibor777]

This RAPTOR is just proof that RUSSIANS are 10 years in front of USA in JET Fighters....Russians made SU-37 some time between 1993 and 1997. It has same monuvers and better then Raptor. Only thing better on Raptor are electronics....