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lol not happening.....We haven't earned it yet....

Range is not that much different between 22 and 35 but I guess it makes a practical difference....armament wise 35 has more flexibility as you mentioned....how common is it that F-22 flies with external tanks?

So why is F-22 mostly categorized as air to air superiority fighter, ofcourse armaments is one aspect but radar is fully capable and so are engines and other aspects

Ya, not clear exactly but I remember reading in "preparation" for air to ground missions.....so assuming there may be some optimizations on the ground but perhaps not. AESA by definition is supposed to be switch friendly

I think it may need some on ground configuration change for air to surface missions to the radar to carry gbu type armament?

I am pretty sure it wont fly that low but if it did then yes its possible in theory, even an f-16 doesn't have a record of getting shot down from ak like guns if I am not mistaken....you are correct, US wont use f22 in that role unless its desperate in any particular situation. It is made for...

Lol, its a fast flying plane and no ak or manpad can take it out but gps guided missiles are good enough without a dedicate radar

Nah, F15 and f16 are not even close dollar to dollar and different America back then and different world, mistakes are more tolerable at the time and China was nonfactor, US simply does not have the same lb to lb muscle financial or tech anymore. Best outcome would be to focus on cost optimal...

You are an optimist, but all signs are that it will not gain more enhancements that require tons of money. Both military and congress are indicating that.....it is a good plane but just can't seem to increase odds of US superiority against its primary foe's considering the money and time that...

They should have made 2 variants of f22, one with a bit less of stealth but more armament capacity but F-22 had lot of lingering issues for years from oxygen to coating issues and my guess is they were deep issues that could not be addressed easily?

US has lost the brains and discretion, anyone that is critical and objective is most likely fired in US based companies now. Recently a 4 star was fired on some woke shit....Bon is right, 35 and 22 are lemons and white elephants regardless of capabilities...heading the way of USSR if you ask me...

Bush, Cheney and MIC and same reason why they invaded Iraq....their personal bottom line

Ok, if you say so. Its same rinse repeat with no new info. One can communicate at that level in fewer posts of same type. He can refer to old post links, he is not making new point everytime.

You can add Indians to the list too....but it depends on whether you believe in Nobel prize for its objectivity....not the best barometer. Lot of egyptians and iranians public research material but most are based in west. Indians publish lot of stuff from india a lot from abroad.

They all look Raptorish even after almost 20 years....beautiful picture.

Hey Bon, how much of componentry is French in French planes like Rafale? Is it 100% french in all critical components?

That is the result of piss poor management guys with no background or experience in relevant fields and corruption managing highly technical projects. This things has fundamentally effected US airforce in more than one ways

Ya, stealth made so much difference that wars are obsolete and the one who has it has already taken over the opponent and eliminated them. They are so secret that they can not be exposed without make up or disguise.....while still wiating for real world interactions on the role it played in...

Calculation time it takes to go from A to B is as you say but maintaining that speed is the practical aspect of it that is dependant on various physical conditions. Stealth is something like that....physics is one side of it that holds true under set conditions. Propagation of wave in practice...

Equations don't really turn into physical reality as they are qualified under ideal conditions or statistical context or some other factors that are constrained. Tossing a coin 10 times does not gurantee p at 0.5....its just likely as number of trials goes up. All relevant studies that deal with...