Delivery of Raptor delayed

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The long-awaited F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets will not arrive at Langley
Air
Force Base until next May -about five months later than previously
planned.

Has any other aircraft program ever been delayed this much and still
gotten
full scale production?

-HJC

What makes you believe 'full scale production'? What is being planned now
is but a fraction of the original 'full scale'.

And at almost $200 million a piece! But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur... which should get Congressional
extinction!
By the time full production is achieved the aircraft won't amount to
any significant number, not being able to replace the F-15 by any
means.

Rob



Tex

robert arndt wrote:

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The long-awaited F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets will not arrive at Langley

Air

Force Base until next May -about five months later than previously

planned.

Has any other aircraft program ever been delayed this much and still

gotten

full scale production?

-HJC

What makes you believe 'full scale production'? What is being planned now
is but a fraction of the original 'full scale'.


And at almost $200 million a piece! But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur... which should get Congressional
extinction!
By the time full production is achieved the aircraft won't amount to
any significant number, not being able to replace the F-15 by any
means.
Well if you look at how many B2's were built to replace B1's & B52's,
What you say may have some truth in it.

Bob


Rob



Tex



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robert arndt wrote:


[...] But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur...


Aargh!!

One day, the dictionary editors will just give up, and replace the
'raptor' entry

NOUN: A bird of prey.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin, one who seizes, from rapere, to seize. See rapt.

with

NOUN: a species of dinosaur
ETYMOLOGY: From "velociraptor" (ref: "Jurassic Park", brain-dead
Hollywood blockbuster movie)


Andreas

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http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-43...dlines-topnews
The long-awaited F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets will not arrive at
Langley
Air
Force Base until next May -about five months later than previously
planned.

Has any other aircraft program ever been delayed this much and still
gotten
full scale production?

-HJC

What makes you believe 'full scale production'? What is being planned
now
is but a fraction of the original 'full scale'.

And at almost $200 million a piece! But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur... which should get Congressional
extinction!

It's funny that people who don't want America to be a powerful nation also
want to axe the F-22 (among other things).

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

By the time full production is achieved the aircraft won't amount to
any significant number, not being able to replace the F-15 by any
means.


You do realize that we only have 342 active F-15C's right now, right? Seems
to me that the 339 Raptors we ordered will be able to take over their role
quite well, all things considered.

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:46:45 GMT, "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
wrote:


"robert arndt" wrote in message
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http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-43...dlines-topnews
The long-awaited F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets will not arrive at
Langley
Air
Force Base until next May -about five months later than previously
planned.

Has any other aircraft program ever been delayed this much and still
gotten
full scale production?

-HJC

What makes you believe 'full scale production'? What is being planned
now
is but a fraction of the original 'full scale'.

And at almost $200 million a piece! But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur... which should get Congressional
extinction!

It's funny that people who don't want America to be a powerful nation also
want to axe the F-22 (among other things).

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

By the time full production is achieved the aircraft won't amount to
any significant number, not being able to replace the F-15 by any
means.


You do realize that we only have 342 active F-15C's right now, right? Seems
to me that the 339 Raptors we ordered will be able to take over their role
quite well, all things considered.

i think people are forgetting that when the initial production is over
with, the cost of the plane should go down,since we are no longer
paying for the jigs and devolopement of the prototype.

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

Anything that "flies" less than speed of the light is obsolete,and as the funds
used to develop "obsolete" equipment must come at the expense of the
development of "post paradigm shift" weaponry,devolopment of obsolete equipment
is detrimental to National defense of "any" country in long term.

From: (Denyav)
Date: 7/14/2004 11:41 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

Anything that "flies" less than speed of the light is obsolete,and as the
funds
used to develop "obsolete" equipment must come at the expense of the
development of "post paradigm shift" weaponry,devolopment of obsolete
equipment
is detrimental to National defense of "any" country in long term.


Time to get your medications checked again.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Time to get your medications checked again.


HPM weapons as tectonic and climatic weapons already in use,but wait till 2020s
for other uses.period.

On 14 Jul 2004 16:41:23 GMT, (Denyav) wrote:

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

Anything that "flies" less than speed of the light is obsolete,


Good thing those Flankers have Warp drive huh? Oh wait, that was the
Klingon cloaking device. . .on the cancelled wannabe. . .oh well.




and as the funds
used to develop "obsolete" equipment must come at the expense of the
development of "post paradigm shift" weaponry,devolopment of obsolete equipment
is detrimental to National defense of "any" country in long term.

..

And at almost $200 million a piece! But at least this aircraft lives
up to its name "Raptor"- a dinosaur... which should get Congressional
extinction!

It's funny that people who don't want America to be a powerful nation also
want to axe the F-22 (among other things).

Not at all... it's a wasteful, obscene amount of money to pay for an
aircraft the USAF hasn't been able to justify by any means. The
Eurofighter by comparison can fulfill most of the Raptor's job at
one-third of the cost. If Sukhoi built the Su-47 it would still be
less costly, more heavily armed, and more powerful with dogfighting
skills we can't duplicate. Hell, even the Superflanker costs just a
fraction of the F-22. Ansd since the USAF knows its a wasteful program
they have tried to sell other proposed versions, turning it into the
F/A-22, FB-22, and even a more distant X-44 MANTA version. Give us
taxpayers a break- buy the F-35 for all services.

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

I was using dinosaur in context of the wasteful overbudget program.
The Europeans and Russians have aircraft that could take the F-22 on:
Eurofighter, Rafale, Gripen, Superflanker, Su-47, etc...

By the time full production is achieved the aircraft won't amount to
any significant number, not being able to replace the F-15 by any
means.


You do realize that we only have 342 active F-15C's right now, right? Seems
to me that the 339 Raptors we ordered will be able to take over their role
quite well, all things considered.

Uh I believe the DoD only approved 295 back in 2001 and the current
USAF inventory of all F-15s (including the Beagle) is 613 aircraft
plus 116 of the ANG. How many F-22s will be produced ultimately with
the ungodly cost overruns and FY budget adjustments? Nowhere near
enough... destined to follow the B-2 bomber's reduction.

Rob

p.s. Did you know that the reputed cost of the black project ASTRA is
an incredible 4 billion each! How many of those do we have- one maybe?