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String · 04-26-2008, 12:58 AM

Watching a show on the Military channel on the FA-18 SuperHornet.

Wish I went into the airforce.

ImpalaSSpeed96 · 04-26-2008, 01:07 AM

Thats not a AF plane, ha ha!! We fly the F-22, much more bad ass!!!

Jersey_TA · 04-26-2008, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ImpalaSSpeed96

Thats not a AF plane, ha ha!! We fly the F-22, much more bad ass!!!

When I was a flying crew chief I got to go to edwards for the F-22 testing a few times. We were sitting on the ramp waiting for our alert(just incase one of the jets needed a refuel) and I got to see an F-16 try to keep up with an F-22 around an oval holding pattern about 15k feet up. LOL

Let's just say about the 3rd time around the F-16 just cut straight across to try and catch up

ImpalaSSpeed96 · 04-26-2008, 06:15 AM

Yep, the F-22 Raptor is top of the food chain by far.... No other fighter can maneuver like it, not even close.......

BigAls87Z28 · 04-26-2008, 09:48 AM

eh...Nothing in the West can move like it.
F-22 is very potent, and with the stealth capability its very awesome. Combine that with well trained pilots, and its a deadly machine.
Im still a fan of the F/A-18 Super Hornet...that thing is hot!!
And thats a Navy/Marine Air Plane. It lost out to the F-16 but still became a great multi role aircraft.
The JSF F-35 should also prove to be a cool craft as well.

misterjuice · 04-26-2008, 11:53 AM

my ex is a flight instructor on the Super Hornet in the Navy. Remind me never to piss her off........lol she might come and bomb my house or something.

SteveR · 04-29-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersey_TA

When I was a flying crew chief I got to go to edwards for the F-22 testing a few times. We were sitting on the ramp waiting for our alert(just incase one of the jets needed a refuel) and I got to see an F-16 try to keep up with an F-22 around an oval holding pattern about 15k feet up. LOL

Let's just say about the 3rd time around the F-16 just cut straight across to try and catch up

Thats awesome

I was at Langley a few years ago coinidentally when their first F/A-22 showed up and they did a little "demonstration" before landing. Three words;

bad effin ass!!!

madness410 · 04-29-2008, 05:32 PM

can it beat a millenium falcon?