I bet it never occurred to the writers that F-22s are there for an entirely different reason.

So why were the F-22s there then?

From May 2014:

Soooo beautiful :drools:

Despite the rhetoric sometimes getting out of hand, I really appreciate you guys having your discussions re the fine details of this awesome piece of engineering.

+1

Dear Tango III,

Congratulations for your dedication and admirably commitment to keep us well informed and bring different sources from information, as well as all others who had been posted here and contributed with this thread.

+1 for reals! 07

nice shop. The pit wouldnt be that straight on a real jet.

so ah.. there’s so little happening on the pak-fa that we’re down to discussing book publishing economics? how interesting!

hellduck == best duck 😀 spasibo bolsjoye Sergey!

What is that thing on IN306’s forehead? looks too flat faced for radar, perhaps a staring iir array? If it were aesa radar, wouldnt it be practical and economical to put some radar-transparent aerodynamic fairing over it to lessen the air resistance of the contraption?

Besides, the thing on its chin obviously is a radome. Either way, that thing is interesting as all heck!

i did a bit of a web search on the il-38SD. Globalsecurity.org claims the thing is an ESM array. I dont understand why such a thing couldnt be more aerodynamical.