Another F-22 thread

Captain Vlad · 07-06-09, 01:35 PM

Something I was wondering about while reading up on the whole '187 F-22's' thing...some USAF higher-ups have apparently supported Gates assertion that that's all we'll need, and while I'm aware that military folks tend to back up their superiors...the question I have is why?

By all reports, it's supposedly one of the greatest fighters ever built, and can more than fill the role of the F-15's it's slated to replace, right? Sure, we may not be in a conventional war right now. We may not be in one for quite some time, but the U.S. Military generally prefers to be prepared for one.

So the question that keeps rolling around in my head is this: Is there something wrong with the F-22? Or if there isn't, is it possible it's the pinnacle of a type of aircraft that the USAF upper management believes is about to become obsolete?

07-06-09, 01:35 PM	#1
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Another F-22 thread Something I was wondering about while reading up on the whole '187 F-22's' thing...some USAF higher-ups have apparently supported Gates assertion that that's all we'll need, and while I'm aware that military folks tend to back up their superiors...the question I have is why? By all reports, it's supposedly one of the greatest fighters ever built, and can more than fill the role of the F-15's it's slated to replace, right? Sure, we may not be in a conventional war right now. We may not be in one for quite some time, but the U.S. Military generally prefers to be prepared for one. So the question that keeps rolling around in my head is this: Is there something wrong with the F-22? Or if there isn't, is it possible it's the pinnacle of a type of aircraft that the USAF upper management believes is about to become obsolete? __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."