Cost effective? No. Amazing to watch? YES!
mrehbaum Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined Mar 2008 More info | Aug 26, 2009 12:21 | #31 Cost effective? No. Amazing to watch? YES!
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mrehbaum Mostly Lurking 13 posts Joined Mar 2008 More info | Aug 26, 2009 12:24 | #32
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maxblack I feel like I'm in danger  2,052 posts Likes: 320 Joined Sep 2008 Location: NYC Area More info | Aug 26, 2009 12:38 | #33 I think they want to go back to F16 because of diffraction issues.
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FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop"  57,560 posts Likes: 178 Joined May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft More info | Aug 26, 2009 14:28 | #34 lgunnz wrote in post #8526114  Are you aware of the cost of maintaining an F-22? Do you know how many people were cut from the military to buy the F-22's in the first place? Any idea how many specialties in the Air Force are undermanned because of the F-22? Amazing machine, yes. Cost effective, no. A "new" F-22 costs more to maintain than a 20-year old F15? Jay
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CurtisN THREAD STARTER Master Flasher  19,129 posts Likes: 11 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Northern Illinois, US More info | Aug 26, 2009 19:17 | #35 Michael T. Rehbaum, "If you're not having fun, your pictures will reflect that." - Joe McNally
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JWright Planes, trains and ham radio...  18,399 posts Likes: 35 Joined Dec 2004 More info | spitfirejd wrote in post #8515228 Considering one of the two demonstrator teams is based at Tyndall in Fla, I find that hard to believe. I'm sure they're flying there somewhere, you must just be in the wrong place at the wrong time  It took two years for one to come out to Miramar... i actually saw my first one at March ARB. John
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mojo300 Member  120 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: Alton, IL More info | Aug 28, 2009 22:51 | #37 There was a picture of a plane? Canon - 40D - 28-135 IS - 17-40L
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motofan Senior Member 299 posts Joined Oct 2008 More info | Aug 29, 2009 00:30 | #38 2 years ago last weekend, we were landing from our honeymoon in Toronto during the air show, they routed us waaay out of the way, and we had to wait on the tarmac when we landed for awhile, then out of no where a F-22 taxi's by a couple hundred meters beside my window spitfirejd wrote in post #8515228 Considering one of the two demonstrator teams is based at Tyndall in Fla, I find that hard to believe. I'm sure they're flying there somewhere, you must just be in the wrong place at the wrong time fast forward to this march, laying on the beach in Panama city (got the worst burn of my life in the process), either the day before or the day of St.Patty's day, and being an ex-military aircraft nut, picked these out flying high above us. so YES they do exist in Florida haha. (crappy quality pics from my A720IS)  
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Aug 29, 2009 03:12 | #39 Yes, the anti radar paint and the machine that shots it everytime it has to be repainted cost the tax payers more then you can imagine. There are a lot of hidden costs in the maintenance of a F-22 then you think. I've worked them and I don't care for them. 5DIII|24-105L|100L|135L|70-200L|28-135|430EX II|
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izthistaken Cream of the Crop  6,857 posts Likes: 14 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Warren, MI More info | Aug 29, 2009 09:51 | #40 ^They have to keep re-painting them? Matt
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FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" 57,560 posts Likes: 178 Joined May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft More info | Aug 29, 2009 13:54 | #41 izthistaken wrote in post #8543899 ^They have to keep re-painting them? Kinda wondering about that myself. Jay
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RFDGuy Member 86 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Rockford, IL More info | Oct 13, 2009 14:59 | #42 There is actually only one demo team at the moment ( there were thoughts of a 2nd demo Raptor team but thats on hold) and its based out of Langley.....However the Raptor team doesnt have its own jets like the other demo teams it just borrows jets from where ever it can...which is why the demo sometimes flies Tyndall birds. www.airshowstuff.com
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gkarris Goldmember 1,882 posts Joined Jun 2009 More info | Oct 13, 2009 15:10 | #43 jrotello wrote in post #8515170 Great shots. 1, 3, and 5 are killer. The last one isn't so bad either.  Same here...
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H20boy Senior Member  611 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Worth, TX - USA More info | Oct 13, 2009 15:20 | #44 maxblack wrote in post #8526679 I think they want to go back to F16 because of diffraction issues. Took me a sec... but eventually Matt l My Galleries
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MikeFairbanks Cream of the Crop 6,428 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jun 2009 More info | Oct 13, 2009 18:58 | #45 Beautiful plane. Thank you.
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, get off the jet in a hurry, scramble to the top to take a pic, and get it taxi-ing towards it's own hanger away from everyone else, later learned it was the first "official" time it had been out of US air space. 
