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Europe : Raptor Thrills at Farnborough but Thanks to Escort?
 
BY : Chris Pocock For AINonline

Raptor Thrills at Farnborough but Thanks to Escort?


This columnist never did discover why the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor that displayed at this month’s Farnborough airshow, needed an escort from an F-15 fighter. The top-of-the-line stealth fighter flew from RAF Fairford, only 50 miles away, where it was due to make its international debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo.

When that show was abandoned due to heavy rain, the Raptor’s one scheduled appearance on the opening day of the Farnborough show became, by default, its international debut instead. A UK-based F-15C interceptor joined up with the F-22 after it took off from Fairford, and the pair flew in loose formation to and from Farnborough.

While the F-22 wowed the crowd with high-energy and post-stall maneuvers, the F-15 orbited a few miles away. Could it be that Major Paul Moga, the F-22 display pilot, could not be trusted to find Farnborough on his own?

After all, a B-1 failed to find the famous Hampshire airfield a few years ago and did his Farnborough display over Blackbushe, a nearby general aviation base. Or was it a radio issue?

The Raptor is already notorious for its stand-apart characteristics, unable to communicate on the battlefield with other assets, airborne and ground-based. Whatever the reason, the U.S. Air Force wasn’t providing an explanation.

“That’s just the way we do things,” said an officer.
 
 
 
   
 
 
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    #1 Author: major_romin (24 July 2008 13:43)
     
    I HOPE THAT INDO-RUSSIAN 5th GEN STEALTH FIGHTER IS BETTER THAN F-22A( DARK EMPEROR) TO COUNTER CHINESE 5th GEN FIGHTER WHICH OBVIOUSLY WILL BE SOLD TO PAKISTAN.


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    #2 Author: avatar_singh (25 July 2008 12:53)
     
    american nulcear plant designs falult and unsafe
    yes do away with all restrictive clauses which demands that american hardware works rather than be stored in somewhere in India. what a harami traitor THESE iNDIANS kuttas are.SUCH AS THE LIKES OF HARAMI MANMOHAN SINGH AND HIS TREACHEROUS GANG IN PERESS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

    NEWS FGLASH--THE AMERICAN NULCEAR DESIGNS DO NTO WORK ACCORDING TO AMERICAN NULCEAR WATCHDOG.
    (SO WHY NOT SHIFT THAT TO TRAITORS INDIANS ACCOUNT?).

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    By HARVEY WASSERMAN

    A devastating blow to the much-hyped revival of atomic power has been delivered by an unlikely source---the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC says the "standardized" designs on which the entire premise of returning nuclear power to center stage is based have massive holes in them, and may not be ready for approval for years to come.

    Delivered by one of America's most notoriously docile agencies, the NRC's warning essentially says: that all cost estimates for new nuclear reactors---and all licensing and construction schedules---are completely up for grabs, and have no reliable basis in fact. Thus any comparisons between future atomic reactors and renewable technologies are moot at best. And any "hard number" basis for independent financing for future nukes may not be available for years to come, if ever.
     
     
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    #3 Author: basmaser (21 August 2008 05:09)
     
    Спасибо огромное, завтра уезжаю, поэтому хочу попращаться с Вами, было приятно провести время wink, вечерком последний раз свидимся recourse
     
     
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