As the raptor is the replcement for the F15A/C as an air defence fighter, how will they replace the F15E. It could be a derivative of the raptor I supose but as the raptor relies on internal weapons bays to keep it stealthy, who knows. Or it might be one of the UCAV`s they are working on now. They s...

Think they decided to install guns/cannon on the RAF Typhoons after all, don`t know when this will be implemented though.

dave lock

I read the CinC of the USAF has flown both the F-22 & the Typhoon. He was impressed by the Typhoon but was biased toward the raptor. But yeah, bring on a 1 to 1 dog fight. I would love to see what happens.

dave lock

Although most people think the Typhoon is a cold war out of date aircraft, they are very miss led. I talked to one of the BAE test pilots at the Farnborough airshow a few years back & he told me that it is "after the Rapter", the most advanced and capable war plane in the world, with s...

I know the rapter is the better aircraft by far, but I would like to see how the Typhoon does against it in the red flag exercises in the future.

dave lock

Do you know where the F-18`s are from SC ?.

dave lock

Yeah, I have seen some odd stuff there to. A few times I have seen
F-18`s , C-17`s, and an RAF Tristar as well.

dave

Just read the 2008 US Defence Budget, thats just been put forward.
$481 BILLION. My god thats a lot of money.
The UK Government are asking for a whip round for our 2008 Defence Budget.

dave lock

Thanks Guys, I now have a crystal clear copy as a background.

dave

CD, The picture is to small and badly pixilates when increased in size. Do you know of a high res version?

BPD, Looking forward to the Pope packsge

Good photos SC. Do you know where to get one of these photos big enough for a screen saver?

dave

Sorry. Went off the topic there a bit , will try that on another forum

dave

Thats a shame mike, The more ai stuff the better I say, then the end user can decide if they want to use the stuff or not.

dave

Thats cool Mike. Will that will be in a future maiw package?

Dave

I would love to see one of those mass airdrops for real, must be an awsome sight. A friend of mine told me once, he was in a 10 ship C-130 tactical drop on Salisbury Plain UK, with Harrier GR7`s streaming down the sides of the formation to provide ground attack cover for the troops when they dropped...

I didn`t think it was true, but hey, you can get the entire Royal Air Force C-17 fleet in a football field LOL.

dave lock

I have just read on Wikipedia, that Hunter Army Airfield/Fort Stewart in Georgia can have on the ground 50 C-17`s simultaneously. That would be a sight to behold, but would they really have that many at a time ?

Dave Lock