When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely taken offline. Numerous attempts were made to "reboot" the systems to no avail.
Luckily for the pilots behind the controls of the Raptors, they were not involved in a combat situation. had they been, it could have been a disastrous folly by the U.S. Air Force to have to admit that their aircraft which cost $125+ million USD apiece were knocked out of the sky due to a few lines of computer code. "and luckily this time we found out about it before combat. We got it fixed with tiger teams in about 48 hours and the airplanes were flying again, completed their deployment. But this could have been real serious in combat," said Shepperd.
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its a good thing the air force is smart enough to test things before they use them in combat1
They were lucky, no big deal, problem found, problem fixed. still the best fighter now in service.
The f-22 is an appallingly over-rated fighter. (and by the way the cost is now on the order of like $339 miillion according to the GAO). it isn't that capable machine that it has been touted. I think that it needs to be cancelled because it serves no purpose (except to make Lockheed Martin very rich) and besides:
What airforce poses enough of a threat to the US for America to need a new very expensive new fighter?
Total waste of money. Where is the enemy? whom are we going to fight with these aircraft. can they fly to China or Russia and come back?
These are expensive toys for the military brass. they love flying them and having lots of fun. I wish the government buys Ferraries to the top brass, it will cost far less to the taxpayers and much more fun.
Lockheed's F-22 Raptor Gets Zapped by International Date Line; what do you think?
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