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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
I personally think the F-22 is over rated. Do a quick google and you'll find it has some deficiencies that aren't touted in AF publications.
For example.
Current aircraft don't have Link 16 so can't be the forward air controller that is often portrayed in articles.
Apparantly there was no destructive testing done on an airframe test model and that there is a weakness in its main fuselage boom.
http://www.armytimes.com/community/o...raptor_071126/
This is one report, also read it in AFM monthly. |
Minor problems that will be fixed as time goes on. FYI - every new airframe has bugs that must be worked out once you see what happens in full operation. Link 16 is a systems mod that can be added as its completed. The airframe is minor enough to not even warrant a grounding. There is a leaky top plate on the first planes off the assembly line that is causing corrosion in places, but all that will be fixed in time and current models rolling off don't have that problem.
All minor BS brought up by critics. Same thing happened for F-16's and F-15's and every other aircraft that ever entered service.
-S
PS. One thing I noticed - the F-22's are still not giving away their true potential. They are not being flown without drop tanks for instance so as not to give away their true stealthy nature. Must still be classified until a real war erupts???