Just one F/A22 Raptor > Cyrpus

Originally posted by Viper_Fujax
exactly this reason unicron..I do believe some politicians want us to be more afraid than we should be, i believe the people who want to kill to conquer are the minority. BUT that minority can do some major damage. If 10,000 people are sitting around naive and thinking were in utopia, a group of people with weapons will destroy the 10,000. Why not? they have the power to do it..theyve done it in the past. Plus with nuclear weapons now starting to be produced everywhere..its much more tempting to launch one against a country that he militarily behind. (i know thats kinda extreme).

another thing is history..a lot of people hate us, imagine if they had a chance to beat us instead of just putting some dents in us.

sorry if thats all over the place..almost 2 in the morning..

 Problem is people DO think we are living in utopia.Thats why we are in the mercy of the minority.We ARE naive.If we werent the whole system would have been different.

Also people DONT hate YOU.They hate the American system and its foreign policy.With other words they hate the actions of the minority that rule.

For example take the 9/11 incident.

How many Americans before that knew of the existence of Al Quida or cared before that?How many knew about Bin Landen?How many knew that a certain someone had connections and good relations with him in the past?How many knew that the government used to support him?How many knew that Al Quida went against the USA after the govrenment\'s bad foreign policy actions?

Then innocent Americans died because of the minority\'s fault without knowing why and that minority used that incident for their own interests again, blaming Bin Landen and turning the citizens\' head away from the real instigators.Then they made irrational connections to Iraq and boom now more Americans are dying or losing parts of their bodies.

For what?Weapons of mass destruction that never existed?

Because the minority are actually good people and love Iraqis so much that they spend billions and send  Americans to die there??

Because Saddam and Bin Landen were friends?Friends enough that they hated each other??

[Titan]

Anyone else notice that the F/A 22 looks almost exactly like the F-15? The F-15 was  (well besides the F22 now) the most advanced and deadly fighter so it doesn\'t suprise me that the successor looks a lot like the F-15.

They are developing a replacement for the F-16 now too. The F16 is a sick fighter but its successor that is still in testing is even sicker. I think its called the Joint Strike Fighter. Its a joint project between the Navy, Marines and Air Force and its completely adaptable. I don\'t know if it will actually be developed. I haven\'t heard much about it in a long time. Maybe the F-22 took most of its thunder.

Technology is amazing. I would give anything to fly a F-22.

Oh yeah I d love to fly in a fighter too.Just for the thrills and manoeuvres.Even if I am just sitting in the cockpit and someone else is piloting it
That would be even more exciting than a roller coaster.

[Titan]

Originally posted by Unicron!
Oh yeah I d love to fly in a fighter too.Just for the thrills and manoeuvres.Even if I am just sitting in the cockpit and someone else is piloting it
That would be even more exciting than a roller coaster.

There are places that you can fly a MiG. Those are in Russia though. Costs a bundle but I\'m sure its the experience of a lifetime. There\'s a place here in the US that lets you fly prop planes that handle like jets and you can dogfight a friend (lasers and hollywood smoke). I wanna save up enough and do one or the other.

I was gonna go in the Air Force and train to be a fighter pilot after college. I meet all the requirements (height, eye sight) but I didn\'t meet one requirement that keeps me from flying. I have a record of asthma so I can\'t fly fighters. So now its gonna be hard for me to enter even the Army (gotta go through medical screenings and waivering processes) but I\'m still gonna try.

Originally posted by Titan
There are places that you can fly a MiG. Those are in Russia though. Costs a bundle but I\'m sure its the experience of a lifetime. There\'s a place here in the US that lets you fly prop planes that handle like jets and you can dogfight a friend (lasers and hollywood smoke). I wanna save up enough and do one or the other.

Wow man that rocks.

But I guess you have to pass a few tests and gain a pilot license first, right?

A cousin of mine in Rhodes island got a pilot license and a friend of mine did some training in Cyprus both on small planes.My friend is in Australia now.Last time I ve heard of him 3 years ago he was studying to become a pilot for passenger planes there.

I was gonna go in the Air Force and train to be a fighter pilot after college. I meet all the requirements (height, eye sight) but I didn\'t meet one requirement that keeps me from flying. I have a record of asthma so I can\'t fly fighters. So now its gonna be hard for me to enter even the Army (gotta go through medical screenings and waivering processes) but I\'m still gonna try.

Cant you fly something similar to a fighter atleast outside the army?

But I guess you have to pass a few tests and gain a pilot license first, right?

My guess is you would take a training course, and a real pilot is in the back seat, waiting for you to fuck up.

[Titan]

Originally posted by Unicron!
 Cant you fly something similar to a fighter atleast outside the army?

Like a fighter in the Army? The only plane the Army has is the Warthog which will rip a tank apart like its nothing. It isn\'t anything close to stealthy. It is an extremely loud plane so the enemy knows you\'re coming. The big plus is the bullets actually fire supersonic so the enemy gets hit before they hear the bullets fired.

[Viper_Fujax]

plus the warthog can take a shit load of damage. I totally forgot the plane existed.

Is the F/22 a stealth fighter? Pretty nice looking.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Titan
Like a fighter in the Army? The only plane the Army has is the Warthog which will rip a tank apart like its nothing. It isn\'t anything close to stealthy. It is an extremely loud plane so the enemy knows you\'re coming. The big plus is the bullets actually fire supersonic so the enemy gets hit before they hear the bullets fired.

It\'s top speed is about 450mph. The plane was completely designed around the General Electric GAU-8/A 30mm seven barrel cannon. It\'s basically a manned flying machine gun. Awesome!

[Titan]

Originally posted by fastson
Is the F/22 a stealth fighter? Pretty nice looking.

It can evade radar, yes.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
It\'s top speed is about 450mph. The plane was completely designed around the General Electric GAU-8/A 30mm seven barrel cannon. It\'s basically a manned flying machine gun. Awesome!

The very thought of a huge turret with wings blows my mind

[Titan]

The bullets are made from Uranium, aren\'t they?

[GmanJoe]

Depleted uranium, you mean?

[Titan]

Originally posted by GmanJoe
Depleted uranium, you mean?

Whatever. Stil Uranium