Obama Won't Be Photographed With F-22

President Obama apparently too cool to be photographed with the F-22 Raptor. Earlier this year, under Obama's approval, the Defense Department killed the F-22 program.

Let's find some things out about this awesome plane:

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m)
• Wingspan: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
• Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
• Wing area: 840 ft² (78.04 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 64A?05.92 root, NACA 64A?04.29 tip
• Empty weight: 43,430 lb (19,700 kg^[3][175])
• Loaded weight: 64,460 lb (29,300 kg^[176])
• Max takeoff weight: 83,500 lb (38,000 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofans, 35,000+ lb (156+ kN) each
• Fuel capacity: 18,000 lb (8,200 kg) internally,^[3][175] or 26,000 lb (11,900 kg) with two external fuel tanks^[3][175]

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  
  • At altitude: Mach 2.25 (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h)^[83]
  • Supercruise: Mach 1.82 (1,220 mph, 1,963 km/h)^[83]
• Range: 1,600 nmi (1,840 mi, 2,960 km) with 2 external fuel tanks
• Combat radius: 410 nmi^[174] (471 mi, 759 km)
• Ferry range: 2,000 mi (1,738 nmi, 3,219 km)
• Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,812 m)
• Wing loading: 77 lb/ft² (375 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.08 (1.26 with loaded weight & 50% fuel)
• Maximum g-load: -3.0/+9.0 g^[83]

Armament

• Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan gatling gun in starboard wing root, 480 rounds
• Air to air loadout:
  • 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM
  • 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder
• Air to ground loadout:
  • 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM and
  • 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder for self-protection, and one of the following:
    • 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM or
    • 2× Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMDs) or
    • 8× 250 lb (110 kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
• Hardpoints: 4× under-wing pylon stations can be fitted to carry 600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks or weapons, each with a capacity of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg).^[177][178]

Avionics

• RWR (Radar warning receiver): 250 nmi (463 km) or more^[92]
• Radar: 125-150 miles (200-240 km) against 1 m² (11 sq ft) targets (estimated range)^[90]

Why would you kill this program!?

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