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F-22 entered service 2005 Air to air kills since entered service: 2005-2022: 0 2023: 2
by snake_doc 4y ago
F-22 entered service 2005
Air to air kills since entered service:
2005-2022: 0
2023: 2
- airstrike 4y agoBy late next month F-22s will have shot down over four dozen balloons!
- westhom 4y agoWonder how they picked who the lucky pilot is to get the first F-22 air to air kill. Draw straws?
- mikequinlan 4y agoThrow darts at a balloon.
- mjfl 4y ago2 balloons
- ascotan 4y agoDo you become an ace after 5 ballons or do the ballons need to shoot back?
- nikcub 4y agoI was also wondering if those jets now have stencil paintings of balloons on them with big X's marked across them as kill markers
- jlkuester7 4y agoIn WWI, shooting down an observation balloon was considerably more difficult (and prestigious) than another plane. In this case, though, I imagine the difficulty (and associated prestige) is considerable less... :)
- sam345 4y agoIt's like when a lawyer tells the client not to do a 2 billion dollar deal after a 5 minute conversation and charges $1 million for his time. It's not the effort, it's what was avoided. They call it the Department of Defense for a reason.
- jmnicolas 4y agoWhat was avoided in this case? A balloon isn't much more than a low flying satellite.
- wkat4242 4y agoWhat was avoided are incursions by armed enemies. You don't have a military for a war you want to fight, but for the one you don't want to fight. Having 0 air to air kills for an interceptor is a good thing in the way that it's doing its job as a deterrent and enemies don't even try.
- pnt12 4y agoIt used to be the Department of War, but Defense sounds nicer. Lots of countries did the shift in name. Reminds me of George Carlin's joke: shellshock becomes battle fatigue becomes PTSD. Don't make it better, change the name!