F-22 Made it's first "War-time" strike ...used in syrian attacks...

[super-bee_ski]

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon's most advanced fighter plane made its combat debut in the U.S.-led strikes on Syria overnight, serving a crucial purpose for a sensitive mission that depended on stealth.

-Pilots flying the F-22 Raptor flew bombing runs over Syria to target the militant Islamic State group, U.S. officials said.

-Officials didn't say what targets the F-22 struck, but said it was used later in the series of strikes, which lasted several hours.

-Military officials said the planes ability to avoid detection by the advanced Syrian air defense systems was one reason to use the plane. But the plane's ability to fly higher and faster than other fighters also allows it to drop its 1000-pound guided bomb from a much further distance than older fighter planes, Air Force officials said.

-According to the unclassified specifications of the plane, an F-22 can drop a precision bomb from at least 15 miles away from its target.

-"It has a unique ability to approach adversaries in a way legacy aircraft can't," said the Air Force official. "There are things the F-22 is uniquely suited to address that the other fighters in our inventory can't."


YAY!

 

[khryslerkid]

:headbang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUlHhKvIX3w

 

[Richard Cranium]

This president hasn't made one good decision in the past 6 years and pardon me for being skeptical, but I don't trust his decision here.

 

[snakeyes]

[video]https://medium.com/war-is-boring/stealth-fighters-make-combat-debut-as-u-s-bombs-syria-aa60258f73f5[/video]

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[video]http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/us-leads-blitz-on-is-fanatics-in-syria-9750398.html[/video]

 

[Bruzilla]

The F-22 is proof that the USAF still hasn't gotten over the Phantom and Corsair.

 

[Budnicks]

too bad we don't have the blow by blow, that we had in 2003 {IIRC} when they showed bombs hitting targets
& General Storman Norman Schwarzcopf was giving a play by play on the CNN {nowadays the Communist News Network}
now everything under this WH admin. is so damn secretive, we don't get to see any of the details...
or we are just lied to about any

finally the "dear leader's" actually showing he has a small pair at-least... or the Pentagon does anyway
yet another "war conflict" under the undeserving Nobel Peace Prize Winner hypocrite

 

[Cranky]

The F-22 is proof that the USAF still hasn't gotten over the Phantom and Corsair.

But the Phantom was proof that even a brick could be fast with a big enough engine

 

[Budnicks]

I hope our USA Bomber/Fighter pilots stay safe, may their aim be good & straight....

 

[MarPar]

But the Phantom was proof that even a brick could be fast with a big enough engine

just like my GTX lol

 

[Cranky]

just like my GTX lol

My 66 Belvedere 2dr post is more of a brick than yours lol

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I hope our USA Bomber/Fighter pilots stay safe, may their aim be good & straight....

Amen to that!

 

[mmissile]

This president hasn't made one good decision in the past 6 years and pardon me for being skeptical, but I don't trust his decision here.

It's an illegal attack. Notice no European allies involved?

 

[super-bee_ski]

The F-22 is proof that the USAF still hasn't gotten over the Phantom and Corsair.

I lOVE it...!

Good one Bru! Good one!


Very interesting F-4 Phantom facts YOU might find surprising....

-To show off their new fighter, the navy led a series of record-breaking flights early in Phantom development:[2] All in all, the Phantom set 16 world records. With the exception of Skyburner, all records were achieved in unmodified production aircraft. Five of the speed records remained unbeaten until the F-15 Eagle appeared in 1975.[3]

1. Operation Top Flight: On 6 December 1959, the second XF4H-1 performed a zoom climb to a world record 98,557 ft (30,040 m) Commander Lawrence E. Flint, Jr., USN accelerated his aircraft to Mach 2.5 at 47,000 ft (14,330 m) and climbed to 90,000 ft (27,430 m) at a 45° angle. He then shut down the engines and glided to the peak altitude. As the aircraft fell through 70,000 ft (21,300 m), Flint restarted the engines and resumed normal flight.[

2. On 5 September 1960, an F4H-1 averaged 1,216.78 mph (1,958.16 km/h) over a 500 km (311 mi) closed-circuit course

3. On 25 September 1960, an F4H-1 averaged 1,390.21 mph (2,237.26 km/h) over a 100 km (62.1 mi) closed-circuit course

4. Operation LANA: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Naval aviation (L is the Roman numeral for 50 and ANA stood for Anniversary of Naval Aviation) on 24 May 1961, Phantoms flew across the continental United States in under three hours and included several tanker refuelings. The fastest of the aircraft averaged 869.74 mph (1,400.28 km/h) and completed the trip in 2 hours 47 minutes, earning the pilot (and future NASA Astronaut), Lieutenant Richard Gordon, USN and RIO, Lieutenant Bobbie Young, USN, the 1961 Bendix trophy.

5. Operation Sageburner: On 28 August 1961, a F4H-1F Phantom II averaged 1,452.777 kilometers per hour (902.714 miles per hour) over a 3 mi (4.82 km) course flying below 125 feet (38.1 m) at all times.[4] Commander J.L. Felsman, USN was killed during the first attempt at this record on 18 May 1961 when his aircraft disintegrated in the air after pitch damper failure.[39]
Operation Skyburner: On 22 December 1961, a modified Phantom with water injection set an absolute world record speed of 1,606.342 mph (2,585.086 km/h).[

6. On 5 December 1961, another Phantom set a sustained altitude record of 66,443.8 feet (20,252 m).[

7. Operation High Jump: A series of time-to-altitude records was set in early 1962: 34.523 seconds to 3,000 meters (9,840 ft), 48.787 seconds to 6,000 meters (19,700 ft), 61.629 seconds to 9,000 meters (29,500 ft), 77.156 seconds to 12,000 meters (39,400 ft), 114.548 seconds to 15,000 meters (49,200 ft), 178.5 seconds to 20,000 meters (65,600 ft), 230.44 seconds to 25,000 metres
(82,000 ft), and 371.43 seconds to 30,000 metres (98,400 ft

 

[Richard Cranium]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

From August 1990......

 

[rrowdy]

just like my GTX lol

Good one Mar,

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Only a loyal died in the wool Mopar fan would compare his GTX to a fighter aircraft.....

 

[ponytails]

usa

I know we had to get involved, but losing military personnel will not be a good thing. I know b/c I served. thanx for update. USA FOREVER!

 

[MarPar]

Good one Mar,

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Only a loyal died in the wool Mopar fan would compare his GTX to a fighter aircraft.....

damn skippy!!! lol

I know we had to get involved, but losing military personnel will not be a good thing. I know b/c I served. thanx for update. USA FOREVER!

thank you for Your Service to our Great Country :sFl_america2:

 

[Bruzilla]

I know we had to get involved, but losing military personnel will not be a good thing. I know b/c I served. thanx for update. USA FOREVER!

I think we need to get past being reluctant to sacrifice the lives of our military. I served as well, and with the full expectation that I could end up dead in the end. We don't work at McDonalds, we don't work at the bank. We serve in combat, which is why we get the pay, benefits, and early retirement that civilians don't. To that end, the reason taxpayers foot that huge bill is there may come a day when we need to sacrifice the lives of our military. The more and more we have a military that we don't want to engage in combat makes it harder to justify that expense.

 

[khryslerkid]

too bad we don't have the blow by blow, that we had in 2003 {IIRC} when they showed bombs hitting targets
& General Storman Norman Schwarzcopf was giving a play by play on the CNN {nowadays the Communist News Network}
now everything under this WH admin. is so damn secretive, we don't get to see any of the details...
or we are just lied to about any

finally the "dear leader's" actually showing he has a small pair at-least... or the Pentagon does anyway
yet another "war conflict" under the undeserving Nobel Peace Prize Winner hypocrite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bpakeG9x7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tyRw8INSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLNOzFVsHk

 

[mmissile]

Our transparent government wants people blind-deaf-dumb to it's affairs. Get back to the TV and watch something inane..... Be a good little citizen. That F22 seems like it would be a great target when doing those slow speed tricks.

 

[eagleone1983]

I've already come to the realization that our country will be at war throughout my entire enlistment. I went to boot camp Sept 2001 thinking I was already fu$%ed. I'm glad the Arab countries are stepping up and showing they care about thier citizens and country. It's got to be hard for the majority of Muslims that just want to live thier lives but can't because of these radical bastards.