raptors landing at Langley

[Reschke]

Yeah I had heard that but you don't see those guys off the reservation as much as you see the others from Eglin or Hurlbert. I have a buddy that is doing some combined ops training with the SF group there and he is also an IP for the USAF and gets to go up with the Afghan pilots in twin engine aircraft. Says they are pretty good at learning but they are hell on equipment.

[Fud]

the saddest and m0st pathetic thing to happen to the USAF in 65 years is the fact that only 187 F-22s will EVER be operational.

I read the raptors have an O2 issue and the pilots are getting hypoxic and crashing. Some pilots are afraid of flying it...
From what I gather, there are no O2 bottles and the O2 is pulled from the engine?
It seems they also have concerns with the stealth coating, when it heats up it gives off toxic fumes?

<S> Fuddy

[Seanaldinho]

Yeah I had heard that but you don't see those guys off the reservation as much as you see the others from Eglin or Hurlbert. I have a buddy that is doing some combined ops training with the SF group there and he is also an IP for the USAF and gets to go up with the Afghan pilots in twin engine aircraft. Says they are pretty good at learning but they are hell on equipment.

From what ive heard the Afghans mainly rely on outdated Soviet ttechniques and tech.

As far as the F-22 there is more to it then meets the eye. Would reply in depth but im on my phone