"One problem we typically face when trying to stuff everything inside an airplane is that everything wants to be at the center of gravity," Hardy explains. "The weapons want to be at the center of gravity so that when they drop, the airplane doesn’t change its stability modes. The mai...
Looking every bit like the bird of prey it's named after,the Raptor breaks ground and takes wing [f]or the first time on September7,1997 .In addition to greater lethality and survivability,the F-22 design calls [f]or higher reliability,maintainability,and sortie(mission) generation rates tha...
The 325th Training Support Squadron is responsible for training the world’s F-22 Raptor pilots, a type of instruction that doesn’t end in a regular classroom with pen and paper. “Our simulators replicate actual combat situations that will be seen upon graduation,” said Robert Hinkle, the ...
Fighter: PAK FA T-50 F-22 Raptor Internal weapon bays: 4 3 Capacity of the internals (together): 8 8 (6 with air to ground layout) Air-to-Air Izdeliye 180 Izdeliye 300 Izdeliye 760 Izdeliye 810 Aim-120 AMRAAM Aim-9 Sidewinder Air-to-Ground 4× Kh-38M 2× Izdeliye 760 Iz...
Nobody knows what the Raptor’s good for, unless all our F-15 squadrons suddenly come under the control of the Hypno-toad and have to be knocked out of the sky by an “even more advanced!” fighter. They won, the sales pitch worked. Maybe they can even come up with a...