The Super Hornet guns down the F-22 Raptor, page 1
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Topic started on 10-4-2006 @ 09:52 AM by Stealth Spy
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This gun kill picture is from the HUD recorder of a VFA-11 Super Hornet taken during a Red Air exercise. The black box on the top left is an event marker to show that the trigger was squeezed.






This raises questions on the F-22's dogfighting abilities. If an F/A-18 can get a great lock on the Raptor like that, then how would the Raptor face the likes of the latest thrust vectored flankers, which are much more suited to dogfighting than the F/A-18's if the Flankers manage the transition from BVR to WVR ?

[edited to attribute opening statement -nygdan]

[edit on 20-4-2006 by Nygdan]


reply posted on 10-4-2006 @ 11:13 AM by Stealth Spy
Since you guys are particular on links, well here they are :

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These pics are now all over the internet. A simple Google Search will get you to them and will also put up numerous discussion boards talking about it.

I'll quote this from elsewhere :


Here's the enlarged Picture. The Red circle shows the altitude of 15,090ft. the Hornet is currently pointing down at ~30 degress as the yellow circles on the elevation ladder show. It's also banking right as it's dropping the nose to pull around on the Raptor's tail. Opposite to Altitude indicator is the airspeed indicator (I didn't circle it since it is right on top of the Raptor). Note that it shows how slow the Hornet is going- 183Kts. From the angle the Raptor is flying at it looks like he's decending almost vertically.

Someone else asked if the blacked out square on the top left was the G meter. It's not. The G meter is circled in Brown on the lower left. The top number is the current G, while the number below is the max G during the flight. As you can see, it's already at 7.6, so this wasn't just a cruise.



The black box on the top left is a marker to show that the trigger was squeezed.



For comments on this picture by a Hornet, an ex-Tomcat and a Strike Eagle go here >> Read Comments (pretty heated debate USN v/s USAF)

[edit on 10/4/06 by Stealth Spy]


reply posted on 10-4-2006 @ 11:42 AM by kilcoo316
Originally posted by Stealth Spy

For comments on this picture by a Hornet, an ex-Tomcat and a Strike Eagle go here >> Read Comments

[edit on 10/4/06 by Stealth Spy]



He he he... and I thought the F-15 vs Su-27 threads were bad!!!


I know how to down a B-2... tell some Navy guys the Air force said their dinky little hornets could never get a Spirit

Well, I suppose a "healthy" rivalry keeps the troops on their toes.
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