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During their first major exercise in Alaska last year, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighters from the 27th Fighter Squadron shot down 144 “enemy” F-15s and F/A-18s in mock dogfights.

*Aquila* a écrit :...quitte à aller un peu faire l'idiot en Crouze dans le circuit d'appontage des Ricains!:whistling

Rob1 a écrit :Un F-22 abattu par un F-16 !!!

...virtuellement bien sûr ! (quoique, après la gaffe de mettre des cruise version nuke sur le B-52, une confusion AAM d'exercice/bdg ne surprendrait pas... )


Bon, ca date un peu (juillet) et dixit MP.net c'est pas sûr que ce soit le premier kill d'un F-22, mais ca va sans doute calmer un peu ceux qui vous ressortaient pour la 1000e fois l'expression "zéro mort".

Georges Abitbol a écrit :

J'adore...

Et la réaction des 'Ricains ? Vous en entendiez parler ?

The 57th Adversary Tactics Group undertook some interesting tactics not contained in the overall [scripted] intelligence scenario. These involved surprise threats, generally Red Air [enemy] fighters, entering the air battle unexpectedly. White Force [exercise control] staff would confirm that the threat was Red and Blue Air [the “good guys”] had to react. The tactic worked. An F-16C pilot assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron gained the first-ever F-22 kill in Red Flag. [94th commander] Lt. Col. Dirk Smith told AFM: “At least half of the 94th FS crews had less than 50 hours in the F-22 and no matter how magical the F-22, any pilot can make a mistake. The beauty of Red Flag is that we were able to go out and practice our tactics in a challenging scenario, make a mistake, learn a lesson, and be that much better prepared for actual combat.”