It’s true, with the tinted visor the F 35 helmet has freaky look. That’s a more human look with the clear visor. (from http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/2006/articles/apr_06/front-office/index.html)

The russians have built fighters of world class since WWII. They have designed planes that match the “teen” series in every category.

Why do you think the PAK-FA will be different ?

Talking about stupidity, look at yourself first.

PAK-FA will be able to effectively counter the F-22. Why would Russians bother design it if it does not? Finally, against legacy teen fighters current Flankers and modern Fulcrums are more than a match, so what is the point?

For some people time is meaningless.

The Su 27 is more than a match for the F 15, but don’t forget that the F 15 was operational in 1975, while the Su 27 became operational in 1984. Also, the first Flanker to really outperform the F 15 in both WVR and BVR was the MKI — operational in 2004.

So yes, the Russians were more than able to match the Western fighters–but after 10-15 years these ones were introduced…

Propaganda! what do you mean by propaganda. a lie?
The paper is not propaganda, the paper is a report, according to Russian statements official or subjective and personals, can you prove the PAK FA is not better than the F-22? the answer is not, it is possible the Russians can built a superior jet more advanced than the F-22? yes it is possible, there are no reason to doubt the paper, there is only a reasonable limit to what it is written in it, it is possible they are exagerating yes it is, but it does not mean the PAK FA is not better than the F-22.

I am inclined to believe the PAK FA is at least as good as the F-22

No one can prove that the PAK FA is not better than the F 22, since the PAK FA doesn’t exist:p.

You still don’t know the difference between a paper project and an operational aircraft.

BTW the newspaper confonds the f 22 with the f 35 and ignore the fact that the Raptors have been deployed in Japan after a short delay; in fact there are still there.

Pure BS!

All the rest are craps. Yet, I must admit that I was unaware, as I suppose that many other Greek aviation funs are, about the number of squadrons in US able to carry the combo of JHMCS/9X. Personally, I have bibliography and articles that confirm 4 only.

Units that use JHMCS/9X are:
– F 15 C: 3rd FW (Emendorf AFB), 33rd FW (Eglin AFB), 48th FW (Lakenheat AB, UK), 1st FW (Langley AFB), and the training units at Nellis and Tyndall
– F 16 C/D: 31 st FW (Aviano AB, Italy), 56th FW (Luke AFB), 20th FW (Shaw AFB), 52nd FW (Spangdahlem AB, Germany), 35th FW (Misawa AB, Japan)

(NB: in these wings, not all the squadrons use the 9X; some still use the 9M)

As for US Navy units, I don’t have a full list, but you can bet that there are as many units as in the USAF, for the simple reason that the 9X is a Navy program…

In any case in total, there are more than 4 units.

The problems of AN/ALQ 161A were nothing unusual with new and complex systems. Very soon after it was introduced, this system became on of the best in its class.

So by that logic, I am not American or Russian either so I should be about as biased as you right? :dev2: :dev2: :dev2:

No Garry, you are the most objective forumist ever :p 😀 :diablo:

Fact is they have a 680 module AESA thats on an airplane ready for production. This means they are ahead of europe and any lag behind of the US is 2-3 years in this field. They’ve managed to do this on a shoe string budget too.

As a Russian you can be biased towards Russian tech and no one can blame you. I’n not Russian neither American so I can be less subjective. I don’t know about the Russian companies you mentioned. However, I know from aviation magazines how difficult was for US companies to be able to deliver operational AESA radars. They started in 1985 with the first generation, and they managed to field the first operational radar in 2005. Moreover two giants in defense business — Raytheon and Northropgrumman– had to joint their efforts to achieve this. Just check this: http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/ASD/brochures/combat/AESA.pdf. It’s a long way from having TR modules untill being able to offer a operational AESA.

the MiG-29’s major problem was never its airframe but rather its mediocre radar, that problem has long since been fixed though admittedly the AESA on the F-18 is still about 2-3 years ahead of whats on this MiG-35. But for Russian electronics to have gone from being 10 years behind to 2-3 is rather impressive. But thats globalization for you.

The APG 79 will become operational this year. If you think that the Russian AESA will become operational only 2-3 years after this, you are way to optimist, IMHO.