Not to sound like an F-22 cheerleader but I thought this was interesting. . .

On Tue, 18 May 2004 10:08:36 -0700, "David Pugh"
wrote:

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
.. .
"They never get into dogfights, so it makes no difference," Secretary
Roche said. "The fact that (the Raptor) flies very high, very stealthy
and at (Mach 1.6) without afterburner makes it very tough for anybody
else to have a fire control solution. The F-15s, with very good
radars, were not able to pick up and understand where the F/A-22s
were, and the F/A-22 was looking at the F-15s all the time."

I wonder how it would do against Mig-29s with their IRST?


I'd think a F-14D would be a better choice. Most people seem to
forget it's also got an IRST and it's APG-71 is FAR better than a
Fulcrum's radar.



It probably
wouldn't make much difference (even if the Migs knew where the F/A-22 was
they probably couldn't get a missile lock) but it might make for a more
realistic test.