Jay Honeck wrote:
Did anyone else catch the History Channel's "Modern Marvels: The F/A 22
Raptor" last night?

What an amazing plane. The Air Force did a head-to-head combat exercise,
one Raptor versus EIGHT F-15 Eagles. The Eagle pilots were all experienced
combat pilots, all with time in the Raptor as well -- so they knew the
tactics, and what to expect.

Didn't matter. One by one, the Raptor shot them ALL down. In post sortie
interviews the F-15 pilots said they never even SAW the Raptor, visually or
with radar. All they knew is that they were suddenly dead.

8 versus 1! And this against arguably the best fighter (and pilots) in the
world.

Looks like Lockheed's got another winner. (I just hope it isn't the last
manned fighter aircraft...)

I still don't get it. From what I've read the last real dog fight was
in Korea. Air-to-Air attacks today involve firing at a dot on a screen
with the actual target being way far away, like a hundred miles. It is
the electronics that lets this happen and that is independent of the
airframe and missiles. Of course, even if it is useless, I would love
to fly one!