Jaxxo you know I gotta give ya chit. Just wouldn't be right if I didn't. The T.O.s are the only thing that make us take it down with a crane. In some forward deployed areas we've taken the array down by hand. It's really not that heavy. It's more awkward than anything and because of how high the nose sits it makes it a bit difficult to get by hand.
As far as maintenance time it just really depends on the airframe itself. I have birds here that rarely required any kind of maintenance. Our F-16 counterparts were working more often than we were. They'd be troubleshooting one jet for atleast 2 to 3 shifts if not longer. If you start adding in through flight inspections and BPOs then our maintenance time goes up. Typically the reason it takes longer to do maintenance is due to the lack of parts at our forward supply points and waiting on support equipment. A typical failure on one of our systems can be repaired in just under a half an hour if AGE is there and there is a part at the forward supply point. That includes a 2 man crew doing setup/tear down, ,ops check, CAMS and forms.
Furball yep that's them. Got them mixed up. It's a very funny looking setup.
Holden supercruise had been achieved before the Raptor and it was done by the airfame it's supposed to replace.