New Zealand Family Reacts to The True Reason Why the F-22 RAPTOR Can Kill Anything in the Sky!

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[spikejnz]

One of the coolest F-22 stories is when Iranian Iranian F-4s attempted to intercept a Predator drone over international waters. Unbeknownst to the F-4 pilots, two F-22s were on escort duty at a distance, but were undetected by ground or aircraft radar systems. In fact, one F-22 pilot was able to sneak up under the F-4 to check out his armament, and then fly up next to him and say "you really aught to go home." The F-4 pilots, freaked out by the sudden appearance of an aircraft they had no observability of until it was right off their wing, turned tail and burned home as quickly as possible.

THAT is why the F-22 is so valuable.

[raisingjedi]

As an f-22 maintainer I approve this reaction

[winstonsmith]

It has a cannon inside the fuselage. It also carries missiles and small bombs, but they are carried in internal bays that only open when firing. If the missiles and bombs were carried on pylons under the wings or on the fuselage like a normal fighter, the enemy would see the plane on radar, and the planes stealth would be compromised.

[JoeM]

My daughter was in high school when the f-22 was in testing at edwards AFB in CA. She won an essay contest and the reward was a guided visit to Edwards. She was presented with a photo of the F-22 and it is signed by all the test pilots that flew it in development. It still hangs in our living room.

[ImInLoveWithBulla]

I had a chance to talk to two Raptor pilots at an air show. I asked them what the top speed was. He said, “officially, close to Mach 2.5.” I kinda gave a half hearted chuckle and asked what he meant by “officially”. He just smiled and repeated, “officially, close to Mach 2.5”.

[paulabeaton]

We did 35 yrs in the Navy and our son was in the Air Force. We lived in the flight path often. You get used to it. It’s referred to as “the sound of freedom”!

[maxwellshammer]

The Raptor has the radar cross section of a bumblebee. In many exercises opposing pilots have said they were shot down and didn’t even know the F-22 was there. I’ve seen them in air shows and their maneuverability is incredible. All their weapons are stored internally to enhance their stealth capabilities.

[garretthorsch]

I am sure like all families you have your hardships but for the most part you put nothing but positivity and joy in the world so I commend you for that. I hope it spreads. There is too much negativity in the world and on the internet especially

[dolanpls]

New Zealand looks like an incredible place. Love from the states 🇺🇲

[tinaespinosa]

We grew very accustomed to jet noise when we lived in the Chesapeake, VA area. It was always a rush to see and hear the jets doing their training flights and formations. I've lived in 5 States where I regularly heard military jet noise: Colorado, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. I also lived in a French town where they had an Air Force Base. They loved telling us about how they fly American fighter jets there. We occasionally heard them break the sound barrier! Very cool experiences. To me, it sounds like Freedom. I miss jet noise!

[jensen]

One thing I'm surprised they didn't mention is the F22 Raptor's engines. The fighter has what's called "Forced-Vector Thrust/maneuverability." The nozzle that directs the engines and afterburners can be moved 20 degrees up or down by the pilot. That's why they were able to perform such tight turns and whatnot.

[ionecuff]

We have two military installations here. Every type of aircraft is flying around here. Pretty awesome to go park across the street from the base and watch them. The base puts on an air show each year so that is fun to go see. You can actually go inside a lot of the different aircraft. Then there are the flying performances. Check out The Blue Angels or The Thunderbirds for the air maneuvers they do.

[xSluggySlugworthx]

The F-22 is nearly invisible on radar systems, having a radar cross section about the size of a bee or marble; which is a huge reason it is so lethal. This is also the reason you don't see the external munitions, because they are stored internally. External munitions would increase its radar signature allowing it to be detected. When the weapons are fired, the weapon bays open, the munition is pushed out of the aircraft and the weapon bays close all within about a second. So if you blink you've missed the F-22 on your radar. Realistically, to shoot an F-22 down you have to visually see it and dogfight it, and given how maneuverable the F-22 is, as shown in the video, you're in for a bad time. Hence why it takes multiple peer adversary aircraft to shoot it down.

[spartans]

Seeing an F-22 in person is almost like seeing a unicorn. They're rare and extremely capable...they're generations ahead of everyone else. All aspect stealth, internal weapons, & thrust vectoring makes them worthy of the raptor name

[stevenshaw]

I see F22's, B2's, and A10's all the time. It never gets old. I had a couple A10's fly so low and just over my head that I was able to see the pilot wave and I just waved right back. I had a B2 bomber fly over my car and take off so fast that all the windows in my car just vibrated like they were about to pop out.

[chunksaflyin]

I'm in San Diego, CA and see military aircraft overhead ALL the time. We have North Island Naval Air Station and the MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Miramar both here. MCAS use to be the Top Gun school that was the highlight in the movie of the same name. We also have at least one aircraft carrier based here but right now, I think two call it home. So to say we can see a few military aircraft above might be an understatement.

[SilvanaDil]

Stealth, speed, maneuverability, training, intel -- when you have that, when you can see them before they can see you -- you're golden.

[hihellohi]

I think it’s so sweet that you’re interested in learning so much about the US!

[joshvaughan]

I live in Virginia Beach where much of that footage took place. These things are insane. Every year these guys and some of the other best in the world put on an air show and I could see much of it from my front yard! Pretty incredible stuff! They were often low enough for me to see the faces (helmets) of the pilots! These guys are absolutely elite!

[DS-pjtq]

I worked on the 22's at Langley, worked backshop and quality assurance also. These hold 2 AIM-9's (one on each side of the A/C), and the underside bays (right and left) hold the ARAAM missiles. Very expensive to fly, even more expensive to maintain. One of the main reasons they started the 71st FS back up with T-38's was for training in these smaller cheaper trainers and keeping the more expensive 22's on the ground, plus the wing hour times before they have to replace wings were kept lower. Amazing jet though. I miss the job and the people, sure don't miss the politics in the military though. Great job on learning what you can about our Country. God Bless the USA. Love your channel. God Bless everyone.