The newest U.S. Air Force jet fighter, the F-22, joined the Langley Air Force Base team at Langley, Virginia.
In actual in-flight simulated combat operations against F-15; two F/A-22’s were able to operate without detection while operating head-to-head against eight F-15’s. The F/A-22’s scored simulated missile hits against all the F-15 aircraft and the F/A-22’s were never detected by either the F-15’s or ground based radar.
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F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighter |
“The Raptor operated against all adversaries with virtual impunity; ground based systems couldn’t engage and no adversary arcraft would have survived in actual combat,” said Air Force Major General Rick Lewis.
General Lewis is Air Force Program Executive Officer for the F-22 Program.
The F-22 has a titanium and carbon fiber skin which makes it almost completely invisible to radar. The aircraft is so advanced that if its on-board locator is switched off even our own satellites can lose track of it.
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The F-22 is the first military aircraft ever built that is equipped with a ‘black-out button’. That means the fighter’s pilot is capable of maintaining consciousness up to about 15+ G. The Raptor is capable of making 22+ G turns. If, some day, 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.
Langley Air Force Base is the largest U.S. Air Force installation in the United States and the home of the Air Combat Command. The 1st Fighter Wing operates and maintains Langley and is the “host unit.” Throughout its history, the 1st FW has led the way, wherever and whenever called upon. The 192nd Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard component of the Virginia National Guard, located at Langley, which augments the active-duty Air Force components in the performance of their missions and other joint force operations.
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