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2022-02-19 Science & Technology

Fighter ace leads tech effort to battle emerging China threat

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-19 09:53|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 ...I kinda hate to be That Guy(TM) but:

*A fighter Ace has five kills of enemy aircraft. He doesn't. There have been a handful of Aces since the Korean War, and only three have been American: Steve Ritchie, Randy Cunningham, and Jeff Feinstein. None of them have been UK or Commonwealth, and the reason I mention that is because...

*Mr. Robinson is wearing a name patch that appears to show RAF or some other Commonwealth air force wings. Fair enough, but the aircraft next to those wings appears to be an F-22. Now, it is not out of the realm of possibility that the RAF, RCAF, or RAAF has had one or two pilots checked out on the F-22. He is referred to as a former F-22 pilot, but with those wings, I think he has at the very least some clarifying to do.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-02-19 11:47|| 2022-02-19 11:47|| Front Page Top

#2 The future is UCAFs that can maneuver in ways no human pilot could survive. The weight savings of not having a cockpit for a human can be translated into an aircraft with a better power to weight ratio or a better ordnance load-out. Either way, only the fighter mafia loses.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-19 11:57|| 2022-02-19 11:57|| Front Page Top

#3 The U.S. Air Force gave Red 6 a $70 million contract last year.

He musta known somebody.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-19 12:57|| 2022-02-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 Good post, Mike. I didn't know any of that.

Posted by Matt 2022-02-19 13:41|| 2022-02-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#5 https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/130297/british-pilot-finishes-raptor-training-at-tyndall/

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- The first British pilot to complete F-22 Raptor training graduated July 17 at Tyndall Air Force Base.

Flight Lt. Dan Robinson, from the Royal Air Force, is assigned to Langley AFB, Va. He has completed two months of training with the 43rd Fighter Squadron as part of an exchange program. In return, a U.S. fighter pilot will be trained and fly the new EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon side-by-side with the RAF.

For the coalition, the benefit of the exchange program is the implementation of the aircraft capabilities into the multi-national planning process. Both the Raptor's and Typhoon's potential and capabilities will be better understood by both U.S. and United Kingdom aviators in battle, providing better results and minimizing collateral damage and loss of coalition life.

Lieutenant Robinson is a combat veteran who has served in the RAF since 1996.

"I have been fascinated with aircraft since I was a child; I was that kid who always wanted to talk to the pilot. My father was a businessman, and we traveled a lot on planes while I was growing up," he said.

He comes from a family of warriors. Both of his grandfathers served in the military during World War II.

Lieutenant Robinson was flying F-3 Tornados with the RAF 25th Fighter Squadron in England prior to the exchange program. The 29-year-old pilot arrived in the United States in March.

It will save lots of money

Posted by Ebbomotle Platypus2913 2022-02-19 19:30|| 2022-02-19 19:30|| Front Page Top

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