Pretty cool video. Thought a few of you guys might be interested.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5162787/a-look-at- ... anes?autop

No RIVER, I can't get you a ride in one.

I don't want to ride in one. I want to drive one. Hell I ain't picky, I will even drive a raggedy ass ole F-18


I have one observation though.

I bet if that mofo has a dead battery you don't just jump it off.


Right?

my choice would be a a-10 warthog ...

What's the future of these planes with the current administration?
I keep hearing about cutting the funding to these high tech projects.
Bring back the F-14?

It doesn't really matter. There is a not a country in the world that can defeat our fighting forces. We got so much good stuff mothballed just waiting for return to action it ain't even funny. If you really wanted to fly a plane, jump back into prop jobs like the WWII fights where YOU are actually flying it, not some computer.

FIRST FA-22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED
TO LANGLEY

These are Great In-flight Photos of the
F/A-22 as the first Aircraft Delivery was
being made to Langley AFB in Va.
Langley is to be first Operational AFB
for the F/A-22. It is a very beautiful AFB,
located in a picturesque location, near
Norfolk and Hampton , Va.

The Aircraft flying along with the
F/A-22 in the last of these photos is the
F-15, which will be replaced by the
F/A-22 which is several times better
than the F-15.

In Actual In-flight (simulated) Combat
Operations against the F-15, two F/A-22s
were able to operate without detection
while it went Head to Head against (8)
F-15s. The F/A-22s scored Missile Hits
(Kills) against all the F-15 Aircraft and
the F/A-22s were never Detected by
either the F-15s or Ground Based
Radar. Maj. Gen. Rick Lewis said: 'The
Raptor Operated Against All
Adversaries with Virtual Impunity;
Ground Based Systems Couldn't
Engage and NO Adversary Aircraft
Survived'!

F/A-22-- America 's Most Advanced
Fighter Aircraft for the 21st Century!!!!

They're a titanium and carbon fiber
dagger. They're so advanced that if
their on-board locator is switched off
even our own satellites can lose track
of them. They're the first military aircraft
ever built that is equipped with a 'black
-out button'
What that means is this ...
The best conditioned fighter pilots are
capable of maintaining consciousness
up to in the vicinity of 15+ G. The Raptor
is capable of making 22+ G turns. If
someday 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.

They know that in the process he'll
temporarily lose consciousness, so the
Raptor then automatically comes back
to straight and level flight until he
wakes back up.

Reposted....

The Raptor...

Wow !!! We have come a long way !!!!

Pretty sweet.

Damn! Bad Arse

Bring back the A-6...oh wait, Clinton turned them into an artificial reef.

Here is our enemy's newest generation "Air to Air" weapon.

Couple things.

1) I need a "demon cam helmet targeting system." Yesterday.

2) I just found a more pimp job than porn star. Being a test pilot for f-22 raptors. I bet 650 HOURS in that sucker pays well.

Did someone mention planes in mothballs? Here are a few pics of planes the u.s. has in mothballs that are ready to be returned to action at any time. These are in the desert out in Arizona.

Well it looks like if the Obama administration has it's way....

That field will soom be lined with the F22 Raptor as well....

Not only have they TOTALLY canceled the program - but have
fought hard to prevent the availability of repair/replacement parts
as well --- which will effectively ground the existing 150 to 200
aircraft fleet in a matter of months !!!

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... oling.html