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Department of Defense cancels the Commanche [message #68523]

Tue, 24 February 2004 11:41

DragonFg
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DBB I am pretty impressed by the knowledge you have, as well as many other people here.

I am a fighter airplane nut so if you don't want to hear a bunch of jibber jabber you might as well stop reading now.

I hate to see the Commanche go, but it is done. I don't know very much about it except it has greater flying capabilities then the Apache or Cobra, and it incorporates stealth. Of course you might consider the UAVs being made that can be used for recon the same way. Plus, the Apache has superior firepower, not limited by the useage of internal weapons bay. So I understand why the RAH-66 is being cancelled.

If I recall correctly, the original plan was to build 700+ F-22s to be put into service sometime in 2002. Well after a couple of cutback we're at somewhere around 400 planes for service entry in 2005. But the F-22 won't be cancelled, we need it to maintain air superiority. The F-15s of today's battle are still very capable, and our pilots are the best trained in the world. However, Russian fighters of today can perform manuvers that far exceed what the F-15 can do. That's one reason we need the F-22.

In comparing the F-15 and the F-22 we find than the F-15 has a greater top speed (Mach 2.5) than the F-22 (Mach 1.78). However, if you're talking about cruising speed the F-15 is sub-Mach 1, while the F-22 can cuise at Mach 1.58. But there is one big advantage the F-22 has that no other country emulate, stealth. The F-22 is the only true stleath fighter. It can shoot down enemy planes without the enemy knowing they are there.

The X-35 JSF will be the strike aircraft of tomorrow. The F-22 is more capable than the JSF in almost every way, except the JSF has a MUCH lower price tag. It will be used by the the Air Force, the Marines, and the Navy.

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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Mon, 23 February 2004 16:50
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: SuperFlyingEngi on Mon, 23 February 2004 16:53
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: warranto on Mon, 23 February 2004 17:03
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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Mon, 23 February 2004 18:26
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DBB on Mon, 23 February 2004 18:43
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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DBB on Mon, 23 February 2004 19:53
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Creed3020 on Mon, 23 February 2004 20:16
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: NukeIt15 on Mon, 23 February 2004 20:32
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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Mon, 23 February 2004 21:07
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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Deactivated on Tue, 24 February 2004 06:02
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: K9Trooper on Tue, 24 February 2004 10:18
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 10:33
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: K9Trooper on Tue, 24 February 2004 10:44
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 10:50
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: KIRBY098 on Tue, 24 February 2004 10:52
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:01
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: warranto on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:34
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: KIRBY098 on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:35
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DragonFg on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:41
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: KIRBY098 on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:46
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DragonFg on Tue, 24 February 2004 11:54
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		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Vitaminous on Tue, 24 February 2004 15:16
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Ferhago on Tue, 24 February 2004 17:38
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: martes86 on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:09
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:14
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: martes86 on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:19
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:25
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Creed3020 on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:32
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: martes86 on Tue, 24 February 2004 18:33
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DBB on Tue, 24 February 2004 19:19
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Tue, 24 February 2004 20:44
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: NukeIt15 on Tue, 24 February 2004 22:04
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: warranto on Wed, 25 February 2004 00:23
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: Crimson on Wed, 25 February 2004 01:21
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DragonFg on Wed, 25 February 2004 10:52
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: hareman on Wed, 25 February 2004 12:09
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: KIRBY098 on Wed, 25 February 2004 12:52
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: DBB on Wed, 25 February 2004 15:49
		Department of Defense cancels the Commanche By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 25 February 2004 16:03

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