Yeah that makes sense they would make it that big, if I remember correctly the F35 cannot carry the older aim9s, because of the larger fins, makes me think of what Israel is using it with
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8754/f-22-now-has-aim-9x-but-still-no-helmet-mounted-display-to-use-with-it
Looks like the F22 was developed when the L was the main version available. Makes sense that it would fit in the bay.
Nearly 30 years and still unmatched.
But I heard x got a lock on and shot it down in mock combat!
What they do is they keep hamstringing the F-22 more and more until the Opfor can actually come out on top.
In the case of the Phillipines training by the last engagement the F-22 was carrying external tanks which severely ruin its stealth and manuverability and they weren't allowed to engage the Philippine air force until a set range where there were well inside in the f-22 BVR envelope.
Similar restrictions were in place for the supposed "euro fighter shot down f-22". Yeah that was the last simulated engagement of 7 when the Raptor had the mostly restrictions.
Same goes for the infamous story about the guy who attacked the US Navy with small boats and "won". Again they were testing a scenario where the Navy was hamstrung in some way by the rules. The US military does this a lot to train under less than ideal conditions.
> Nothing bad for a 28 years old airplane
> First flight 7 September 1997; 26 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor#:~:text=First%20flight,26%20years%20ago
26 years?
> Introduction 15 December 2005
18 years?
When I was stationed at Nellis, before it was shut down, we opened the weapons bays so the Weapons troops could access them without firing off the APU or hooking up a GPU.
The F-22 certainly does not use a starter cartridge. When started on its own internal power (as opposed to an external power supply cart) the F-22 has a small turbine that “kickstarts” the APU which in turn starts the engine without the need of external power (as several aircraft are dependent on, meaning they are pretty much SOL if they were to not have external power available and thus would remain grounded).
In turn it goes starter turbine > clutch/gearing system > APU > main engine. That last puff of smoke is the “choking” of the start up system as the APU starts powering up the main engine. There is an amount of precompressed air and fuel that is injected into the initial single-stage turbine, which then powers the APU through a set of gears. The APU in turn powers the systems and spins up the main engine.
The two covers opening are the air supply inlets for the initial starter and APU.
source: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/f-22-does-not-use-a-cartridge-start/41427
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