Go for it
Hueypilot said:
Spend the money elsewhere. Like a real defensive upgrade for the B-1, or more C-17s, or the upgrades for the C-130 fleet (which is falling apart), or the new tankers. Hell, even USSOCOM is looking for funding to increase it's aircraft fleet. So why are we spending so much cash on a program that adds little to the fight? Ask yourself...how many F-16s, F-15s and A-10s did we lose during the past two conflicts (ie OIF/OEF)? Not many. There just aren't too many enemies out there that can field an air superiority force comparable to our fighter pilots and F-15C fleet, much less an F/A-22 fleet.
I love reading comments from dudes who have never flown a Combat Coded aircraft, they have so much good information to offer.
Thank goodness the Air Force was forward looking enough that we Bought Fighters to fight the next War, not the last one. Every day I watch British Tornados flying around and I thank God we have the F-15C, F-15E, F-16C and A-10.
Jafar,
You have a great chance to get to fly the F-22 or the Strike Fighter. If you fill squadrons with a bunch of old Captains then they never get better, they just keep doing the same old crap they did in thier previos Aircraft. All you'll hear in a Squardon is "Well at Base X we did it this way." Having young fired up LTs in every Squadron helps keep the Old farts on thier feet. There was nothing I liked better when I was an LT flying the Viper, to win a bunch of quarters on the Range from the Old heads.
You are part of Generation X, you will be called a PUNK or a SNAP. When people aren't giving you a hard time, that means that they don't really like you. I have seen PUNKS and SNAPS kick some serious Butt in Afganistan and Iraq, I thank God every day for thier hard work and thier well being.
If you want an F-22, don't let anyone tell you that you can or won't get it. Look at my profile of Aircraft I have flown, everyone one of them I was told I wouldn't get the chance to fly them. I Proved them all wrong.
Good Luck, Work Hard, Never Give up,
And May God Bless you and watch out over you.
Thanks for Serving this great country of ours.