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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

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...they advise that the f35 was built primarily for close air support. Somehow I can't see flying a 100 mill airplane close enough to the ground that it could be shot down by a grunt with a rifle (Golden BB). There is a lot that I don't know about military toys, but this seems to be a classic case of a weapon too expensive to use.




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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
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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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