Comments on: Photo Essay: F-22s At Langley Reach Full Operational Status

By: A. S. Wise- VA

A. S. Wise- VA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:50:30 +0000

Well considering that’s near my house, I can sleep better at night!

By: joel

joel — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:54:42 +0000

a.s. you out in palmdale or what?

By: A. S. Wise- VA

A. S. Wise- VA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:00:21 +0000

Richmond, actually; Langley AFB is about an hour’s drive E on I-64 from my house.

By: Kurt(the infidel)

Kurt(the infidel) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:19:17 +0000

A message to bad guys anywhere around the globe: “Say hello to my little friend!”

By: tedders

tedders — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:27:47 +0000

But Iran has Dassault Mirage F1’s a few Russian Mig’s, McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II’s and 50 Northrop F-5’s! : O

Teeheeheehee!

By: drillanwr

drillanwr — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:39:13 +0000

Am I a bad girl to say I just “got wood” looking at those pictures?

Bash -

Makes up for the Berkeley boobs

By: Rasta19

Rasta19 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:24:34 +0000

Long time reader, first time poster. Get some!!

By: Dan (The Infidel)

Dan (The Infidel) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:25:12 +0000

This unit has been “Up” longer than that Dec 12th date. This is old news. BTW there is NOTHING in the world at the moment,,,including Russia that can touch the F-22. It’s the baddest, meanist mofo on the block right now. One flight of these aircraft can defeat anything that the Iraniacs have before they could even get off a shot. The Iraniac airforce pucker-factor just went up by a factor of 10.

A little music maestro: “Up we go into the wild blue yonder..Climbing high into the sun. Here they come zooming to meet our thunder…”

By: franchie

franchie — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:00:25 +0000

But Iran has Dassault Mirage F1’s

but no pieces for changing the deffectuous ones

By: Dan (The Infidel)

Dan (The Infidel) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:32:55 +0000

The Iraniacs could get spare parts for their F-4’s, F-5’s, F-14’s and F-1’s all they want to and still be no match for the F-22. There is only one aircraft in the world that can match the F-22 in a turn and it is the Russian F-35.

At range the F-35 is still no match for the F-22. The F-22 has a better radar and longer-range missiles than the F-22.

The F-22 also has stealth characteristics which gives it a smaller radar signature than the F-35.

In sum, nothing that the Iraniacs have, are a match for the F-22…even if the Iraniacs were able to find sufficient spare parts for all their older, obsolete aircraft, to make them all operational, the Iraniacs would still be shotdown in record numbers…no matter what they are flying.

And I won’t even get into the fact that USAF, Marine and Navy pilots have more comabt experience than any adverary outside of the West at the moment.

The Iraniacs have exactly zero chance of success against the F-22. Or for that matter the F-16, F-15 or F-18.

A good Israeli pilot might be able to put up a good fight in an older F-1 against the F-18, F15 or F-16 flown by an experienced American aviator. But an Iranian flying his first combat mission in an F-1? He might want to get ready to meet his 72 virgins.

By: drillanwr

drillanwr — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:37:38 +0000

@Dan (The Infidel)

The Iraniacs have exactly zero chance of success against the F-22. Or for that matter the F-16, F-15 or F-18.

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Or ANY given crop duster in the Mid-West of the USA, for that matter …