Military aircraft USA has lost yet another heavy aircraft of the 5th generation F-22 Raptor. He entered aviation history as the most expensive fighter in the world. According to some estimates, each aircraft taking into account development costs, prices, and ultra-high operating costs costing the Pentagon more than $400 million They are discontinued. In the US air force about 140 of these aircraft. About ten lost in the disaster.
Another “incident” occurred on the American air base “Eglin” in Florida. The plane crashed near the airport at 9:15 a.m. local time. The pilot managed to eject.
the First flight of the F-22 was made in 1997. For comparison, the Russian fighter of the 5th generation took off in January 2010.
Initially, the U.S. air force wanted to procure 750 F-22. But “in the road” price of the aircraft has grown so much that it is not pulled even dimensionless Pentagon’s budget. The procurement program was reduced, first to 188 aircraft, and then completely stopped producing, favouring a more advanced light F-35.
True, this plane was not sugar and drank a lot of blood from the us military. US President Trump had to intervene and demand reduction in the price of the F-35 to $90-100 million.
as for the F-22, it for the price of an undisputed leader and is worth more than gold. At least 1 gram of the empty aircraft at the beginning of the last century did cost the gram of gold.
an Hour flight such fighter costs under $50 thousand.
“MK” asked a military expert Alexei Leonova to comment on the new disaster F-22
I saw footage of the ejection of the pilot. The plane was landing and suddenly ignited engines, after which the pilot left the plane. Most likely, the engine intake sucked in a bird. The second possible version – technical malfunction of the propulsion system. The first version is more probable.
This plane is very complicated in technical service, very cranky and very expensive. The us Treasury their fleet costs billions. That’s why they no longer produce. Too expensive the game.
It’s practically the first American aircraft of the 5th generation. In comparison with the Russian analogue of the su-57, he is inferior. There are no modern electronic equipment, which increases the survivability of the aircraft in a dogfight.
on the plane at the time it was applied many innovations. But in modern aerial combat they don’t give advantages. The complexity of this equipment may lead and leads to numerous technical problems. During the operation lost a dozen of these aircraft. Troubleshooting costs a lot of money.
the aircraft can see the radar of our defenses, for example, the latest version of s-300, not to mention S-400 and on-Board radar station Russian fighter generation “4++” (su-30CM and su-35S) and “5” (su-57). So the F-22 is good in wars against those countries that have no modern aircraft and advanced air defense. And the loss of the aircraft in the US air force, I think, be regarded in two ways. On the one hand, a hole in the budget, and with another – the opportunity to save for super-expensive operation. Good that the pilot managed to escape.
