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45985 Re: F-35 pilot ejected from $100M jet over South Carolina due to bad weather as experts reveal why plane couldn’t be tracked
   ...they advise that the f35 was built primarily for close air support....
ribit   6TH POPE   21 Sep 2023
9:04 PM
45984 Re: F-35 pilot ejected from $100M jet over South Carolina due to bad weather as experts reveal why plane couldn’t be tracked
   I got more curious . . . The Russkies seem to have the fastest fig...
Zimbler0   6TH POPE   21 Sep 2023
7:59 PM

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Re: F-35 pilot ejected from $100M jet over South Carolina due to bad weather as experts reveal why plane couldn’t be tracked

By: Zimbler0 in 6TH POPE
Thu, 21 Sep 23 5:30 PM
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Ribit > ...80 miles in 30 min is 160mph. What is the stall speed on one of these contraptions?


That I haven't found . . . But I got curious about the top speeds of our fighter jets . . .

Seems that old F-4 Phantom topped out around Mach 2.2

My all time favorite, the F-14 Tomcat used to hit Mach 2.34.

The Air Forces F-15, newer than the Tomcat, seems the fastest American jet at Mach 2.7

The F-16, single engine, only does Mach 2.0

The vaunted F-22 Raptor also seems to top out around Mach 2.0

And the latest, the F-35 only does Mach 1.6.

Kind of makes me wonder.

Zim.




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