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F-22 Buzzing Seattle
This is raw video, so no sound or commentary. I'd like to know why the plane didn't have bombs! :)
I'm still an F-18 kinda girl. Video | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington |
Originally Posted by vagabond
(Post 428133)
I'd like to know why the plane didn't have bombs! :)
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Originally Posted by vagabond
(Post 428133)
This is raw video, so no sound or commentary. I'd like to know why the plane didn't have bombs! :)
I'm still an F-18 kinda girl. The -22 is produced here in Marietta and we see them frequently. But ALL stores are carried internally to retain the stealth profile. Hang stuff on pylons or stations and the stealth disappears. |
They are neat looking planes. When I was in Marietta I saw one on approach to Dobbins with an F-16 as chase. It sure made the F-16 look small!
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Those things are quiet. :p :D ;)
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You know - the article using the word "buzzing" or "buzz over" is sensationalism. Those words carry the image of aircraft at only a few hundred feet of less zooming back and forth like some cowboys. That video looked to me like two F-22s in parade formation coming into the break (overhead) and then landing.
Sleek aircraft btw. Like most airplanes - they look a lot better flying than sitting on the deck. USMCFLYR |
This is a complementary follow up article about one of the pilots of the two F-22s - a female and from Washington! I am going out of town this weekend, otherwise, I would be first in line at McChord on Saturday.
From Seattle PI: As top military fighters descend on Tacoma and Seattle air shows to spotlight their flying skills during the next few weeks, they will be joined by some very talented women. At McChord Air Force Base, two from the nation's growing group of female fighter pilots will appear this weekend, building on the hard-fought legacy of flying women such as the famed Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II -- the WASPs. Maj. Samantha Weeks, 32, a member of the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, will handle the lead solo F-16 Fighting Falcon jet in two Air Expo 2008 performances at McChord Air Force Base this weekend. At the controls of a lethal military aircraft, gender doesn't matter |
Originally Posted by III Corps
(Post 428186)
But ALL stores are carried internally to retain the stealth profile. Hang stuff on pylons or stations and the stealth disappears.
Quick Raptor Google Kung-fu |
Originally Posted by OldAg84
(Post 428368)
They are neat looking planes. When I was in Marietta I saw one on approach to Dobbins with an F-16 as chase. It sure made the F-16 look small!
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I believe the Raptor has mounting points on the outside in case they want to load it up for an assault, but right on about that ruining the stealth.
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