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USA YF23 Black Widow II and F22 Raptor


Added: Jun-19-2012 Occurred On: Jun-19-2012
By: hamburger
In: WTF, Propaganda, Science and Technology, Other
Tags: YF23, F22, aircraft, planes
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  • The YF-23 was such a damn cool looking plane. I know the F-22 (Then YF-22) was superior (at least someone people thought so), but the black widow looked like something out of a sci-fi movie.

    Posted Jun-19-2012 By 
    NightCrawler (140.10)  

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  • Bird of Prey........Flying high... flying high !

    Posted Jun-19-2012 By 
    Davaeron (165.58)  

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  • Coming to a third world shit hole near you,check your local listing's lol

    Posted Jun-19-2012 By 
    ZANGADO (3027.40)  

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  • Holy fuck, that is a sexy aircraft. Way more sinister looking than the Raptor.

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    givinr (340.04)  

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  • awesome!

    Posted Jun-19-2012 By 
    Jigzy (335.48)  

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  • I've always loved the look of the YF-23, especially the combined rear vertical/horizontal stabilizer.

    Posted Jun-19-2012 By 
    pingvuiini (52.40)  

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  • The YF23 has been one of my favorites since I was a child. I like the look way more then the 22.

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    GiygasFetus (147.50)  

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  • Thrust vectoring is so badass,,,,

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    hotmess (69.30)  

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  • I don't know anything about the Widow.. but the Air Force SHOULD have dumped the F-22 over 5 years ago, when the nagging fact that it's oxygen-systems were for shit, and were making pilots black out from anoxia, were obvious.. INSTEAD, they buried those reports, and have been "tinkering" with it since then.
    NOT ONE combat mission flown yet, and unless they're fucking suicidal, no pilot ever WILL!
    Just like the osprey tilt-rotor plane, just like the hodge-podge B1-B, it needs More..

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    nexus1961 (431.04)  

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    • @nexus1961 besides, of all things to cripple a 300 million dollar aircraft, oxygen supply? seriously?

      We all know if the russians were suddenly put in charge they will simply strap a scuba tank onto the outside and call it done. Sad thing is it probably would be a better solution than say, using charcoal for the air filters and suffocating the pilots even more (which the air force did).

      Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
      fludblud (175.40)

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    • @fludblud or maybe pressurized suits WITH an air-feed to the helmets?
      A perfect example of "design by committee"!!!

      Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
      nexus1961 (431.04)  

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    • @fludblud It's absolutely moronic, people who keep ranting that bullshit. As impressive as that aircraft is, and as much has been dedicated to it already, it should be just abandoned because there is a minor easily addressable flaw in the wildly complex design.

      *derp*

      Ditto the Osprey. Thank goodness the hysterics didn't get their way, because that's going to be an important aircraft.

      And, the only reason the B1-B was scrapped was because there was no longer a need for it after the Cold War.

      Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
      ST0N3PONY (5025.42)  

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    • @nexus1961 and the SR71 back in service with nukes !!!

      Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
      Badsport (119.54)  

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    • @ST0N3PONY Silicone mule..
      I SUPPORT our troops, and sure as hell don't want them killed by asshole money-grubbing contractors, who DID make the Raptor unsafe to fly!!
      If I'm so wrong, why IS IT, then that after 5 years of deployment, NOT ONE FUCKING F-22 has flown a SINGLE combat mission?
      We killed the B1-B for exactly the SAME KIND of stupid design-flaw..making what WAS a swift bomber into a cumbersome "fighter"
      that CRASHED MORE OFTEN THAN IT FLEW, you asshole!
      Precisely W More..

      Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
      nexus1961 (431.04)  

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  • OK im Impressed kikass !!!

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    Badsport (119.54)  

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  • Why, then, did the F--22 win the contract?

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    Jmpmstrtex (348.62)  

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  • Why, then, did the F--22 win the contract?

    Posted Jun-20-2012 By 
    Jmpmstrtex (348.62)  

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  • Ditch the F35 and recreate the YF23 with modern avionics yes I know its a different roll but America needs Back up to the F22 and the F35 ain't it!

    Posted Jun-21-2012 By 
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