Korean Seaboy said:
It had 4 F-22s against some 16 Mig-29s or something. It said that the F-22s would beat the Migs, something which I find a little exaggerated.
No it is not an exaggeration. A single F-22A constantly goes up again five or six F-15Cs and shots them down and they never even see the F-22A! Several F-16s equipt with HOB missiles and HMDS went up against the F-22 in a IR missile/ guns environment dogfight. The F-22 bounced the F-16s shot down the first two F-16s and the third F-16C with a HMDS fired at the same time the F-22 did, therefore, it was judged that all four planes were shot down.
When the F-22 is at 60,000ft (18,300m) or higher at speeds of Mach 1.5 or greater, the missile envelope of the F-15, F-16, Su-27 or Mig-29 (the USAF owns these Russian fighters) is very small and because the F-22's they are firing at is target several thousand feet higher than they are, with speed and altitude is so high that the F-22's missile range is increased by 50%!
The F-22 can fight in a manor of which other fighters can not. Yet the F-22 can fight better than any fourth generation fighter in their domain (lower speeds and altitude).
Korean Seaboy said:
I know that the F-22 rule the skies as an air superiority fighter, but does anybody has a hint about another aircraft capable of competing it?
Maybe, the new Sukhoi T-50 "IF", its engines are good enough or, its avionics being up to the best the west has to offer. Right now the T-50 is far closer to the Su-27 than it is to the F-22.
A statement by the Typhoon marketing director David R. Hamilton, "that the F-22 and Eurofighter were not in the same league... Any further discussion on this subject is waste of time.... F-22 will always be the better fighter but Eurofighter will be the better multi-role aircraft and will always be cheaper.
Korean Seaboy said:
I'm so tired of the F-22 talk, so it would be nice for a change.
I would advise you not to read anything about the F-22. The F-22 has a greater technical edge over its competitors than the F-15A had over its competitors and, look at the F-15's combat record!
Korean Seaboy said:
From what I see, I'd prefer the F-35s as they're basically the same with the F-22s, but much cheaper
The F-35 is a fighter-bomber, it has some fighter capability (it is no F-22) but, the F-35's real assets are the ability to attack targets protected by S-300 and S-400 SAM sites. By the way, the last block of F-22As completed cost $90M each to manufacture. The F-35 benefited from technology from the F-22 program, without the F-22 program the cost of the F-35 would be a lot higher.
Korean Seaboy said:
In addition, judging from what Korean newspapers tell, the F-15s are aging and unreliable nowadays, as there were many accidents.
The F-15s are aging but, with the proper maintenance they were have many thousand flight hours remaining in their frames. Hey remember the DC-3, C-130 or, the B-52!
Shmack said:
If you put an Iraqi fighter pilot into F-22 and an American pilot into MiG-29, i have no doubt about the outcome of such fighting.
If the Iraqi pilot knows the real advantage of the F-22 to initiate or decline aerial combat, the American pilot in the MiG-29 would be in real trouble. F-22 pilots with less than 100 hours in the plane routinely shoot down F-15s whos pilots have several thousand hours in the F-15!