Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

[Babloo Singh]

Seems like some f-22 got damaged at Tyndall Fir force Base which came under eye of Hurricane Michael.
From reports it seems there were around 22 Raptors there which were under maintenance, hence couldn't be moved to other location.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/us/air-force-hurricane-michael-damage.html

 

[vampyrbladez]

Seems like some f-22 got damaged at Tyndall Fir force Base which came under eye of Hurricane Michael.
From reports it seems there were around 22 Raptors there which were under maintenance, hence couldn't be moved to other location.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/us/air-force-hurricane-michael-damage.html

There were 4 F 22s from 43 Fighter Squadron part of 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB. The airbase was in the eye of Hurricane Michael. Three were probably damaged but largely repairable.

Breaking News via Tyndall Air Force Base source: "Four 43d F-22s were left behind to ride out the hurricane. One of them was scheduled to leave but GABed after an issue prior to taxi. The other three were jets that couldn't be spun up in time to fly. Two can jets, and others with issues that couldn't be fixed. They were in hangars that are usually put in according to hurricane plans. They recalled swings and mids on Monday afternoon to spin up as many jets as they could to fly, then launched them. The last ones were launched on Tuesday morning. Here are the hangars that they were in. Hangar 2 contained one F-22 and the other three were in Hangar 43, with the brown roof. Condition of jets has not been released."

https://www.facebook.com/AirForceForum/

 

[Karthi]

An F-22 Raptor fighter plane crashed at Eglin Air Force Base on Friday, with the pilot safely ejecting, the U.S. Air Force said.

The crash occurred about 12 miles northeast of Eglin's main base, on the test and training range, while the plane was on a routine training flight. It was not part of a celebratory formation of five planes which had taken off, minutes earlier from the base, although the formation's planned flyover of several Florida cities, in honor of coronavirus first responders, was cut short because of the crash.

"The pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and has been transported to the 96th Medical Group hospital on Eglin for evaluation and observation," base officials said in a statement. "He is currently in stable condition. The name of the pilot has not been released. There were no other individuals on the aircraft. There was no loss of life or civilian property damage related to the accident."

 

[asianobserve]

One of the best Raptor porn, in 4K!

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Next block of F-22 with reduced RCS by lowering the canopy & nose & clipping the rudder a bit , will be suggested by us to LM & Pentagon (sarcasm)

 

[MonaLazy]

From 13 July '87 & mid Oct '87- basically it was just these 3 months that the F-22 came to life!

 

[warmachine541]

From 13 July '87 & mid Oct '87- basically it was just these 3 months that the F-22 came to life!

They have already tested 6th gen fighter jet. US is decades ahead in fighter jets

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Oye! What's going on? The Raptor guys have been lately very naughty!

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Oh! look! Chinese media reported that they signed friendship treaty with USA & flew side by side

 

[THESIS THORON]

Oh! look! Chinese media reported that they signed friendship treaty with USA & flew side by side
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video post kar bhai

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

AAACHOOO! That's how F-22 starts. It actually sounds like a mechanical sneeze

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Why does the engines have 4 tubes at rear? Are these part of some secret cooling mechanism to shield the plume?

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

What are the Raptor guys up to now with solar panel like coating?

 

[Super Flanker]

 

[Super Flanker]

 

[Super Flanker]

What are the Raptor guys up to now with solar panel like coating?

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Might be for testing Purposes of some-sort.

 

[lcafanboy]

Multi Million Dollar BALLOON KILLER...

 

[lcafanboy]

 

[Harry101]

Multi Million Dollar BALLOON KILLER...

What was the reason behind choosing f 22 for this? f16 could have worked also. Much cheaper operational cost