Raptor Test Videos

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http://www.f4hq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3662

http://www.f4hq.com/temp/F-22_CTF_Video.wmv

http://www.f4hq.com/temp/High-AOA.wmv

[CounterForce 0]

nice videos

but some scenes in the AOA video did not show high Angels Of Attack but a YF-22 in supercruise testing

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but some scenes in the AOA video did not show high Angels Of Attack but a YF-22 in supercruise testing

Nitpicking here, but I'm sure it's not the YF-22 they're testing anymore

[CounterForce 0]

but some scenes in the AOA video did not show high Angels Of Attack but a YF-22 in supercruise testing

Nitpicking here, but I'm sure it's not the YF-22 they're testing anymore

[.img]http://www.f22fighter.com/f22comparison.jpg[/img]

this is a screenshot of the AOA movie

It shows a YF-22 in supercruise testing

They don't test YF22s anymore, but nobody says this is not a very old movie

This scene was shown on a TV production years ago (I think it was first shown in 2000 or 1999)

[Tovarish 0]

Ah, so it was my mistaken assumption then. I did not watch the movie myself on account of my dial up connection

[theavonlady 2]

While not  video, there is Paptor news and some pics:

Quote[/b] ]Langley pilots eager to help Raptor take off

Maj. Chuck Corcoran was one of the first pilots selected to

fly the new jet. Two F/A-22 Raptors, including this one, have

arrived at Langley Air Force Base. MORT FRYMAN

PHOTOS/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT.

By LOUIS HANSEN, The Virginian-Pilot

© January 24, 2005

HAMPTON — Models and photographs around Langley Air Force Base mark the nation’s aviation history from bi planes to jet fighters.

This month, a clean, bright hangar has bec ome home for the next generation of Air Force warfare, the F/A-22 Raptor.

The flat, angular design doesn’t fully advertise the plane’s capabilities: it’s fast, elusive and can blow an enemy fighter out of the sky before its pilot knows what’s hit him.

The first two long-awaited Raptor jet fighters have arrived at Langley and are assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron of the First Fighter Wing.

It is slated to become the first operational Raptor squadron and marks a new era , both promising and controversial , in Air Force aviation.

“History’s being made,†said Col. Tom Tinsley.

The Raptor will replace the F-15 Eagle, the Air Force standard for combat since its introduction in 1974 . Over the next three years, Langley expects to receive 78 aircraft to fill the three squadrons commanded by Tinsley. The military has spent $100 million on facilities and upgrades at Langley for the new fighters.

Improvements include a flight simulation building, hangars and special repair bays for fixing the aircraft’s stealth body coating and electronic system.

The Raptor fighter has had a difficult and fitful history.

Critics, including members of Congress and watch dog groups, have complained about the fighter’s cost and questioned its necessity in a post-Cold War military.

It was originally designed to give U.S. pilots superiority in dogfights with Soviet-built jets.

Midway through its development, the Soviet Union disintegrated. American air power has not been seriously challenged since.

The aircraft was redesigned to allow it to drop bombs and attack ground targets in addition to air-to-air combat.

The Air Force says the redesign to a more multi-purpose aircraft did not increase the price.

Each plane costs $256 million , including research and development, according to the Air Force. Future generations of the plane are expected to be produced for $133 million each.

The plane is designed to meet new threats. It will be better able to avoid land-to-air missiles and unleash a range of armaments on ground targets, and its capabilities justify its cost, Tinsley said.

He said the plane will give his pilots a big advantage.

“I can’t win this race by inches,†he said. “I have to win this by miles.â€

The F/A-22 Raptor fighter-bomber was redesigned to adapt

to new needs before the first craft made it to Langley Air

Force Base. The plane will replace the F-15 Eagle, which has

been the standard Air Force combat plane. One of the first

two Raptors at Langley is being used solely for maintenance

training.

The Air Force believes the Raptor far exceeds its predecessors.

Cockpits are filled with video screens, replacing the gauges and dials of earlier fighters.

Raptors can climb above 5 0,000 feet, fly almost twice the speed of sound and are more maneuverable than any other aircraft, Air Force officials say.

Maj . Chuck Corcoran began flying F-15s in 1994, and was one of the first pilots to be selected in 2002 to fly the Raptor.

Standing in the hangar with both planes, Corcoran said the Raptor’s differences are revolutionary.

The craft makes it easier for a pilot to see and understand the entire battle zone, he said. He noted that a few problems were worked out in testing, but he favors the aircraft over anything he has flown.

“It’s like a good sports car,†Corcoran said. The aircraft’s speed and radar-avoiding ability can make its strike seem to come from nowhere. “ They don’t know when it’s going to be coming, and where it’s going to be coming from ,†Tinsley said.

One of the two Raptors here will be used solely for maintenance training, which has begun. The offices next to the hangar are filled with about a dozen handheld computers used to diagnose and document maintenance on the Raptor.

The base plans a series of events to welcome and publicize the Raptor over the next several months. The command expects to be have an operational F/A-22 squadron by December and a full complement by next March.

The planes are expected to make their Hampton Roads public debut at Langley’s air show in May .

Reach Louis Hansen at 446-2322 or louis.hansen@pilotonline.com.

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definitly one beautiful aircraft. makes me wana go play Acecombat 5. although just out of curiosity, i would have like to have seen how the YF23 would have evolved had they decided the go that instead.

[stevevcb 3]

I wish I still had my F22: Air Dominance Fighter CD now. That was the first and best flight sim I ever bought

[red oct 2]

theres some plans on making a Delta Wing version of the F/A 22 called the F/B 22.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/fb-22.htm

also heard theres a Naval version on the shelf called the F-22N w/ a swing wing configuration. though i am betting it will be scrapped.