
zero-one wrote: The original article seems to have glossed over a lot of the details.
Or those are the only real details available
zero-one wrote:1. It happened in 2007, 4 years after the introduction of 9X. The 422nd FS were traing against advanced IR guided HOBS capable missiles with helmet mounted cueing in the 90s before the 9x was actually put into service.
Can you source that?
zero-one wrote:2. Tailgate was clear, in WVR, high energy was his way of fighting in an F-22 and the inability to be targeted was key.
Why would we assume that he was only talking about radar? In WVR no less. He was definitely talking heat seekers.
Because unless fundermental physics as we know it change,you can’t make an aircraft invisible in infrared, at most we can assume F-22 has a DIRCM turret for close engagement.
zero-one wrote:All the shots of an F-22 with IR sensors seem to be at extremely close ranges with extensive use of AB prior or during the shot.
I don’t think it is any shorter than most airshow IR video
zero-one wrote:And aggressors always IRST pods when traning against F-22s and F-35s but we still see lopsided kill numbers from those 2.
But aggressors all have massive RCS vs stealth fighter.