re: #346 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

The F-22, like the F-35, is one of the leftovers of the Cold War era, built for an enemy that no longer exists. A very flash showpiece that the Air Force isn’t going to risk in war any time soon, reserved almost exclusively for air shows.

Meanwhile, the Army, Marines, and Navy have had similar programs either cut back or killed entirely. Probably because you can’t fly a Seawolf-class sub or a next-gen tank over crowds of brain dead yokels.

The F-22 is a nice machine but it is overdesigned and the biggest problem is that it’s overpriced. It is mainly an air superiority aircraft created to go up against the Mig-29 and SU-30. Otherwise sending an F-22 to Libya for example would be like sending an F-104 to Vietnam. I read the other day that some Eurofighter took out a tank in Libya. That’s another case where the aircraft isn’t really matching its designed program.