This was disproved no? The footage showed the F-22 was not carryign external tanks. Maybe they meant the F-22 was carrying more internal fuel.
I know for sure it was against the eurofighters, I’m not too confident in my knowledge of the Rafael scenario. It’s been quite a while since I read about it.
I went and looked it up and this seems to be a fighter pilot discussing it, and somewhere down in the comments which was only about 20 down for me. There’s a guy who posts links to the news articles and interviews between the actual pilots involved.
Both are very good and very capable aircraft, and although the Su-57 is egregiously large, it somehow magically excels in stealth, although the F-22 still seems to have the upper-hand in the stealth deprartment. The F-22 is quicker I think, and has been produced in much larger amounts (F-22’s 195 units over Su-57’s 25 units), but has a smaller carry capacity (F-22’s 3,630 kg to Su-57’s 4,536 kg). The Su-57 can also operate over longer ranges. The F-22 has a more powerful engine, though, if I recall correctly. I’m more of a tank than a plane guy, so all if this info might be outdated or misguiding.
And the f22 is much more proven, how many airshows have su57 so far, let alone j20.
We know the f22 works well, while same cannot be said for j20 and su57
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You don’t understand what you’re talking about search radar search 360° from the radar perspective not a specific point in the sky I think you’re getting a targeting radar and search Raider mixed up
Only 1 out of the 3 planes you mentioned has seen actual combat. Just saying
You mean the F-22 that flew missions in the middle east against ISIS?
Had no idea they bombed their own allies with it
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? US has been fighting there against ISIS for a while now, never was allied with ISIS afiak
Guys, just saying, this IS going political, drop it before annoyed mod shows up and purge the thread (which isnt a bad thing tbh, but lets not do this)
Well to not get into that ordeal, I’m sure a p-51 would be more effective against isis than any other jet. It’s not like they have advanced AA
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They had man pads…
That’s the best thing in their arsenal and it’s probably extremely scarce. Facing manpads is one thing but they can only do as much. Can be seen in game around 10.0 BR against high alt laser GBU slingers
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The F-22 has no more combat experience than the Su-57, with both being reserved to low-intensity conflict. Whether it’s the Su-57 guiding missiles and launching AGMs from outside borders to the F-22 dropping bombs on irregular insurgents, both haven’t seen any level of combat that the F-35 has seen.
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Certain aspects of stealth designs will still be at play at MANPAD ranges, though. Yeah, some design aspects of stealth aircraft won’t work at such close ranges, but not all of them.
Good thing he wasn’t hit by one of those over-the-horizon MANPADS with ranges of upwards of 10km slant / 7km vertical.
Such as what? Little to no features of a VLO aircraft will have any effect on dual band / IIR missiles
What?
Trve, so, so, SO trve,
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The cooling of exhausts to (mostly) normal atmospheric wavelengths, RAM coatings (depends on their effectiveness), general aircraft shape (for reflecting radar waves away from the radar), and while not seen just in stealth aircraft, electronic warfare equipment.