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  • 94FS gets first Raptors

    So the 27th FS is filled out, 94th is next. Then Elmendorf, IIRC.
    Lockheed Martin Delivers F-22 Raptor to Second Operational Squadron

    Source: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; issued March 3, 2006)


    MARIETTA, Ga. --- The 94th Fighter Squadron, famous for its historic "Hat in the Ring" insignia and legendary aviator Eddy Rickenbacker, began receiving F-22 Raptors from Lockheed Martin today. The two 5th Generation stealthy, air dominance fighters are assigned to the second operational squadron in the U.S. Air Force.

    The two Raptors will join F-22s flying today as part of the 1st Fighter Wing's 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly on 71 of the 107 fighters now on contract, and 63 have been delivered.

    "This is another great milestone in the history of the F-22 Program," said Larry Lawson, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President and F-22 Program General Manager. "The F-22 will dominate airspace anywhere around the globe, around the clock, and survive in contested airspace better than any other aircraft in the world.

    "Today's deliveries speak to the continued success of the program," Lawson added, "which includes a key milestone we surpassed in January by meeting our Congressional commitment to deliver 37 F-22 Raptors to the U.S. Air Force in an 18 month period."

    The Air Force declared initial operational capability for the Raptor in December, and it is already flying operational missions in support of homeland defense. "We are proud to build such a sophisticated, 5th Generation stealth fighter that can do things better than we ever imagined," Lawson said.

    "Today is a great day in the history of the 94th Fighter Squadron," said Lt. Col. Dirk Smith, 94th FS Commander. "It's good to have some of our own iron on the ramp."

    The 94th FS legacy of being a frontline fighter unit spans from World War I to operations in the Persian Gulf Region. This unit has been a key player in the fight to gain and maintain air superiority.

    The F-22 dominates any adversary through unmatched performance achieved through stealth, supercruise speed, agility, precision and a complete view of the battlespace achieved with the advanced sensor suite embedded in the aircraft. The Raptor will enable combat commanders to change the way wars are fought over the next 40 years.

    In addition to the active air force, pilots with the 192nd Virginia Air National Guard in Richmond are also flying F-22 Raptors. The F-22 Raptor is currently flying at three other bases across the United States:

    -- Testing is conducted at Edwards AFB, Calif.
    -- Tactics development is ongoing at Nellis AFB, Nev.
    -- A full squadron of Raptors is based at Tyndall AFB, Fla., for pilot and maintainer training.

    The F-22 Raptor, the world's most advanced 5th generation fighter, is built by Lockheed Martin in partnership with Boeing and Pratt & Whitney. Parts and subsystems are provided by approximately 1,000 suppliers in 42 states. F-22 production takes place at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facilities in Palmdale, Calif.; Meridian, Miss.; Marietta, Ga.; and Fort Worth, Texas, as well as at Boeing's plant in Seattle, Wash. Final assembly and initial flight testing of the Raptor occurs at the Marietta plant facilities.
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    "We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008

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    Now we just need to test them out on someone. Lets call Russia, China, or India for an excercise!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by The_Burning_Kid
      Now we just need to test them out on someone. Lets call Russia, China, or India for an excercise!
      I think it'll be a while before they start to show the Raptors off or use them in an operational capcity, first they'll want to make sure everything really is working alright. Besides, using them in exercises would give everyone a chance to see some of these secret capabilities the F-22 is supposed to have, and the US Military is damn paranoid about other countries getting too close a look at the Raptor.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by -{SpoonmaN}-
        I think it'll be a while before they start to show the Raptors off or use them in an operational capcity, first they'll want to make sure everything really is working alright. Besides, using them in exercises would give everyone a chance to see some of these secret capabilities the F-22 is supposed to have, and the US Military is damn paranoid about other countries getting too close a look at the Raptor.
        Yeah but it will give us something to gloat about. ;)

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        • #5
          Russian Tamara anti-stealth radars can track stealth planes like F-117 and B-2. Would be noteworthy of testing it against that.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Captain Drunk
            Russian Tamara anti-stealth radars can track stealth planes like F-117 and B-2. Would be noteworthy of testing it against that.
            I might believe that it may be able to track a F-117 but B-2 is pretty unrealistic considering that they use different stealth technologies. Russians don't even have a B-2 to test on so its pretty much BS that comes from their mouths about that claim.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by The_Burning_Kid
              I might believe that it may be able to track a F-117 but B-2 is pretty unrealistic considering that they use different stealth technologies. Russians don't even have a B-2 to test on so its pretty much BS that comes from their mouths about that claim.
              It is in theory possible to roughly track a stealth aircraft. Odds are their airframes are optimized to reduce their signature to radars operating at the ideal frequencies used to guide anti-air weapons.

              I don't know about the F117 or the B2 but the F22 supposidly has a reduced signature across a pretty wide band. That said I suspect more effort was placed on making it invisible to the frequencies SAM sites and other anti-air weapons operate at rather then older radars and lower band radars which are too inaccurate to guide weapons.

              I'd imagine the F22 would be difficult to track in general and probably nearly impossible to shoot down with a radar guided missile.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Captain Drunk
                Russian Tamara anti-stealth radars can track stealth planes like F-117 and B-2. Would be noteworthy of testing it against that.
                Tamara is a Czech system, and it's not a radar at all. It's a passive listening system that relies on the emissions of the target to get data.

                No emissions, no data.

                It's short range and not effective against stealth targets, in spite of what you will read in the media.
                "We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008

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