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F-22 Pilots Refuse to Fly
Sign me up. There position is very just though. Especially after that crash back in December. There has just been too many problems and it has never been in 1 combat sortie.. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Eurofighter or maybe Rafale for the Airforce , Navy and Marines . Or hows about a Saab Gripen . These aircraft work , are a lot cheaper and generally they don't kill their pilots !!!
In a head to head, air to air encounter with the Raptor both the Eurofighter and the Rafale would be down in flames long before they even knew the Raptor took them out!
I'm not sure that the Eurofighter and the Rafale would always be "taken out" by fire and forget missiles and other types of ordnance from the Raptor , even if pilots of the target aircraft had no idea where the missiles came from . Crew training and skill is a very important factor and I fear you may underestimate the ability and sophistication of those two types . Nonetheless , I see that you did not detect any irony in my previous squawk .
And both the Aurofighter and Rafal stallions have proven combat experience in Libya Afghanistan and probably in other countries too.
I hope they do solve the problems with the F22. The money is already spent and when this fighter is flying, there's nothing in the competition it can't handle.
Have Blue!
Have Blue!
This is an avionics system issue. Boeing had the computer and avionics responsibility. Lockheed had the airframe.