I've been trying to find the source of this f22 footage, does any know it?

I’ve seen the F-22 do this kind of UFO shit at air shows before. I was smoking weed at the time too so it was extra weird. Definitely using some NHI tech. Walked directly to the Chinese buffet that was near the base and thought about it the whole time

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Visible-Philosophy87@reddit

ABSOLUTE beast of a machine

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reebokhightops@reddit

Hot take.

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thissexypoptart@reddit

Meaningful commentary

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bleeper21@reddit

Splendid round table

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Inamoratos@reddit

Lets break for commercial

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DistressedRabbit@reddit

Meh. I saw Rey do that in the Millennium Falcon.

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penerey_ferguson@reddit

Would this maneuver ever be useful in combat / outside of an airshow? Genuinely curious

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WirelessWavetable@reddit

Potentially to evade an IR heatseeker by turning your exhaust away and popping flares.

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Iron_physik@reddit

all aspect missiles can see the smallest heat differences and thus can also just see the fuselage itself. meaning: that wont work

especially modern IR missiles that use a thermal camera with basic pattern recognition and the ability to ignore flares

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PlanesOfFame@reddit

This comment really drives home the point to me that aerial combat will evolve to decoys. Get a flight of 4 identical planes. 3 of them take the lead, but these are drones intentionally poking into airspace to attract missile fire. The 4th one stands by 50 miles away and actually engages in combat.

It really seems like missile technology has evolved so far that there isnt a way to out armor or out maneuver a missile. What other tactics would even be available to a pilot to avoid getting shot down at this rate? If flares and chaff dont work and maneuvering doesn't work, eventually another solution will be found and it seems like a bunch of cheap and fast drones would serve that purpose well.

Which annoys me because I think piloted planes are very cool and its crazy how all the developments in maneuverability and raw power are basically moot at this stage in the game

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Te_Luftwaffle@reddit

Anduril is developing drone wingmen to fly alongside a manned fighter and could do something very similar to what you've described.

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anonymous_3125@reddit

No lmao. Real combat is seeing a dot on your radar and pressing a button

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super_topsecret@reddit

It’s the equivalent of drunken style kung fu. Make your enemy think you had a stroke behind the yoke, then go in for the kill.

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Kinder22@reddit

Is the meme just that Starscream gets to fly around and do cool shit while everyone else is fighting?

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sm3xym3xican@reddit

Yeah pretty much

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ClosetLadyGhost@reddit

Not true. One time he had to do stuff.

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duc5aus@reddit

I'm pretty sure it's @dustin_farrell.

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mencival@reddit

Amazing videos

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funbob@reddit

I don't know where this specific video is from, but if you want to see more badass F-22 footage, which this awesome video from Dustin Farrell

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Zealousideal_Sea_848@reddit

gracefull stall

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whiskeytown79@reddit

Man... that telephoto lens makes it look like this is happening like 30 feet above the ground, though it's probably actually hundreds.

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Habit_West@reddit

humans and their pitiful toys

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Boomboomroom92@reddit

Shot a couple years ago during Heritage Flight Training at Davis-Monthan. Razz Larson was the F22 pilot and Kevin LaRosa was helicopter pilot. Additional photographer in the back seat manning the mounted camera. Believe heritage flight foundation owns the footage and shares with Air Force

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Abject-Interaction35@reddit

I mean that's just really cool. How much fun it would be to just get in one and go fly

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Timewaster50455@reddit

Wasn’t this used for a ton said air force recruitment ads?

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All-Sorts-of-Stuff@reddit

This post says it was shot by Kevin LaRosa:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1rnf6k3/show_me_anything_prettier_than_this_ill_wait_shot

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