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The Lockheed F-22A 'Raptor' is an Air Superiority fighter using the latest generation of Stealth technology.It entered service with the USAF in 2005, and production is planned to continue until 2011.
The F-22A is capable of exceeding Mach 2, and can also 'Supercruise' (exceed Mach 1 with afterburners off)
The armament is all internally stored to maintain it's Stealth profile, and consists of:
1 x 20mm Vulcan cannon, and a combination of AIM-9 Sidewinders, AIM-120 AMRAAMs and JDAMs or GBU-39s, according to mission.
This example is an F-22A of the 90th Fighter Squadron circa 2008.
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The is going to break your heart. I was on the original F-22 team and helped write the original winning proposal (my part was the cost for the original 750 planned buy) submitted to the Air Force. This was in Burbank California. After we won it, Lockheed transferred me to Marietta (just outside of Atlanta) Georgia where I costed out engineering changes. I've crawled inside and outside that plane until I took early retirement from Lockheed a few years ago. One of the reasons I traded in my 1994 Corvette for the 2001 Corvette 6 speed stick I now have is for the 'Head-Up' display, similar to the F-22 one. As an ex-pilot, I like the head up factor. Drew
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Nice to hear from an insider - and quite literally by the sound of it!
Budget caps will always win in these situations unfortunately....
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In our contract with the government we have a 'For Convenience Of The Government' clause. Which states that if the Air Force cancels a contract for convenience of the government (if it was for a faulty design, that's another story - For the lawyers) of an airplane that meets all performance criteria, they have to pay Lockheed-Martin the costs to shut down the facility and the cost of laying off workers. That way Lockheed was able to offer, and I accepted, early retirement. Which gives me the time to look at your outstanding work on your site. BTW, when you talked about the Bf-109E you didn't include the nose cannon in your description of its guns/cannon. Drew.
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Oh, I need to check that - I know the amount/type of guns changed over time, I'll check my facts again...
And thanks!
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During The Battle Of Britan the Bf-109E's had those blunt prop nose cones that were designed for that nose firing cannon.
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Ah yep, just reading up on that - the D1 had machine guns in the wings and nose, but no cannon, the E3 had wing cannon, engine cannon and nose machine guns, and the E4 had upgraded cannon firing the new type shells - I'll check how my descriptions tally up when I get some time...
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