Actually, wouldn’t it be unlikely that the kill happened at Red Flag? If anything, the F-22 and the Growler would be on the same team in that case, right?

Good point. Haven’t heard from either one flying red side. Some other DACT probably then.

Just because I don’t have the next couple of hours to waste my time. What you think I have them all handy! You do the research if you have the time…..I don’t.:p

Yeah, that’s the way science and arguments are done: Claim something, present no proof or evidence, and then tell everybody else to do their own research.

It’s not like you just blindly jumped on a bandwagon or anything. :rolleyes:

Red Flag exercises are about learning how to survive combat and achieve mission assignments. Pilots who go to Red Flag run the gamut from novice to expert. The best way to learn is to make mistakes. Some mistakes allow chest-thumpers to paint little silhouettes on their airplanes.

The original article does not say Red Flag. It says Nellis. Still could have been Red Flag (which sounds likely), or some other exercise, but I think that’s not really the point.

The point is that this “kill” doesn’t matter. Whoopdedo.

I could but I am not going to waste my time! Just go to DTI (Defense Technoloy International) or Aviation Week. For that matter just do a Google or Yahoo Search. I doubt you will have any problems finding his vast materials on the subject………including many mistakes like the aforementioned Cruiser / Destroyer mix-up.

To sum up: You’ve got nothing.

A golf ball RCS can be really big. The golf ball dimension is in the suboptical range! Mi scattering and some resonance effects.

I think in this case only the golf ball’s diameter, not the golf ball’s RCS, was meant as an illustration of the F-22’s RCS. The golf ball / marble description sounds very much like the flower/bee thing to me: Something you tell your kids when you want to give an answer but don’t think they should know the truth.

My point wasn’t just this one case. Yet, a history of such mistakes……Also, how does Mr. Sweetman jump to his many conclusion with his limited access to Classified Information??? Sounds a lot like Dr. Kopp………….Which, is why neither are taken seriously.:eek:

Can you point out some (let’s say three or four) of his other recent mistakes? With a “history of such mistakes”, there should be plenty of evidence pointing at his allegedly sloppy standards.

That stand for M1.51,1.52,1.53,1.5+

Not for 1.6,1.7…1.9

I would agree in everyday life. In military terms though it can stand for pretty much anything, without limitation.

I doubt Mr. Sweetman would let such a obvious slip go by without a negative comment.

This was a slide from a presentation made for a show/conference. Do you really think anybody cares what exact ship is shown if the point was just to show a military ship? Does this instance matter?

Remember the Youtube debrief on the MKI after India’s recent Red Flag participation? That was filled with factual errors. Does that mean that presenter (name escapes me) is always wrong? Or that he had an agenda? Or that information by the USAF is worthless in general? Of course not.

How about a little perspective?

Especially, one coming from Lockheed Martin. Yet, he holds others to standard that he himself fails on a regular bases………..:eek:

Regular basis? What are the other manifold instances?