VonRichtofen From Canada, joined Nov 2000, 4608 posts, RR: 46 Posted (10 years 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2203 times:
Ok, I'm not a military expert, but a guy at work told me that the F-22 raptor and the JSF are the same aircraft.
I argued with him saying the JSF hasn't been fully developed yet and that the F-22's have. He does know a lot about Military stuff but he's definatley no expert. So who made the ass of themselves here?
Airforce1995 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 55 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (10 years 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2145 times:
They are most definatly not the same. They have SO many differences. Goto www.af.mil and that will give you a lot of good information. also try www.edwards.af.mil. I have seen both up close and personnal
LY744 From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 5536 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (10 years 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2129 times:
It's kinda hard to imagine how a twin engined, super expensive, air superiority fighter with little ground attack capabilities can be the same as a small, cheap (relatively), single engine, multi-role fighter. Especially considering the fact that they don't look anything alike, and there is about a 6-7 year gap between their planned service entry dates.
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 24 Reply 5, posted (10 years 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 2131 times:
They do in fact look quite alike. The F-35 is a scaled down, single engined version of the F-22 with different avionics (at least that's what it looks like to the casual observer).
Broke From United States of America, joined Apr 2002, 1322 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (10 years 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2124 times:
The F-22 is planned as an air superiority fighter and will replace the F-15. The JSF is a multipurpose multiuse strike aircraft. Airplanes like this in the past haven't done very well. The F-4 was a multipurpose airplane that wasn't designed to be a multipurpose airplane.
If you are in the Dayton, Ohio area, go to the Air Force Museum and you will see a YF-22 along side of a F-15A.
The X-32 and the X-35, which were the two contestants for the JSF, are supposed to be sent to the A.F Museum, but they may not go on display until the new gallery is opened in April, 2003.
EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (10 years 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2156 times:
Evidently Broke doesn't know which JSF entrant won what AW&ST described as potentially the largest dollar volume a/c program ever. The JSF is now the F35, and only 1 variant of it will have vertical capability. This a/c, will in all probability be the successor to the F16 in terms of sales success, as it fits the bill of an affordable, multimission fighter.
At any rate, the respective web sites of the F22 and F35 clearly show that they're different a/c, with one of the blatant distinctions being that the heavier F22 is a twin engine a/c, the F35 is a single engine a/c.
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