What is special about F-22?
What is special about F-22?
The 5th Generation F-22’s unique combination of stealth, speed, agility, and situational awareness, combined with lethal long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry, makes it the best air dominance fighter in the world.
How many F-22 does us have?
Now the United States faces concerns about its dwindling fleet of F-22 Raptors that were once intended to replace the F-15 outright. Only around 130 of those 186 delivered F-22s were ever operational, and today the number of combat-ready F-22s is likely in the double digits.
What does an F-22 weigh?
19,700 kg
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor/Weight
How big is a F-22?
The aircraft has a length of 18.9m, height of 5.1m and wingspan of 13.6m. It has a range of more than 1,600nm. The F-22 construction is 39% titanium, 24% composite, 16% aluminium and 1% thermoplastic by weight.
Can the F-22 Dogfight?
F-22 Raptor in combat We’re not at war with Russia or China, so the F-22 has no dogfighting adversaries. Even without dogfighting to do, the F-22 has been involved in the air-to-air interception of Russian bombers and fighters off the Alaskan coast.
What will replace the F-22?
NGAD jet
The F-22 will be replaced by the NGAD jet, which will fly alongside the “F-35, which will be the cornerstone, [the] F-15EX as we come in, and then we’ll have F-16 for a while as well,” Brown said.
Are there free repaints for AlphaSim and Virtavia?
So they were released as freeware repaints and to help generate ongoing interest in the subject after the initial sales. Check them out for yourself: Alphasim and Virtavia. Bonus JASDF textures for the Eric Dantes AI E-2C. (Replaces default blue panel.)
What kind of aardvark does Virtavia use?
The old ex-AlphaSim F-111 Aardvark and B-1B Lancer packages are now available on the Virtavia Freeware pages. The F-111 will work in FS02 and FS9. The B-1B is for FS9, with a separate FSX version. Both packages are 100% complete, with panels, gauges, sounds, checklists and other goodies.
Is there a royalty free license for Virtavia?
The license will permit royalty-free commerical use of models or images generated from the source files, although the source files themselves can not be distributed or sold.
Where can I get a Virtavia civilian Connie?
Huge price reductions for Virtavia models’ source code now in the Developer Section. The civilian Connie is out now at FS vendors for Prepar3D v4.5/v5. The inital release will have a single livery (TWA), more liveries will be added in the future as long as the product is successful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkTzBCkbru4