F-22A Raptor development In 1990 Lockheed Martin‚ teamed with Boeing and General Dynamics. The first F-22 fighter aircraft was unveiled in April 1997 and was given the name Raptor. In September 2002‚ the USAF decided to redesignate the aircraft F/A-22 to reflect its multi-mission capability in ground attack as well as air-to-air roles. The aircraft’s design was changed again to F-22A when it achieved initial operating capability in December 2005. The decision to proceed to low-rate initial production
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT Firstly the success of the project was by the grace of the Almighty. This Report would not have been possible without the essential and gracious support of many individuals. Firstly we thank our parents‚ for their unconditional love and support throughout and having faith in us. We thank Emirates Aviation college instructors and faculty members. The leadership of Mr. Omar Chafic‚ project supervisor and instructor‚ guided us throughout the process of the project
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F-15 Eagle in aerial combat. In this discussion‚ I will be comparing both aircrafts; covering basic flight performance characteristic‚ avionics and weaponry. In 1966‚ the United States Air Force needed a new long range tactical superiority fighter to replace the aging F-4 Phantom aircraft used during Vietnam. One of the requirements was that it needed to have twin engines‚ internal gun and advance radar. McDonnell Douglas aircraft manufacture had won the competition and was awarded the contract
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machine in 1908 to the Air Force SOW for the Advanced Tactical Fighter in 1986. Requirements in the 1908 SOW (e.g.‚ be easily taken apart for transport in Army wagons and be capable of being reassembled for operation in an hour‚ carry 350 pounds for 125 miles‚ and maintain 40 miles per hours in still air) and other contract conditions were specified on one page. The requirements section in the 1986 SOW for the Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter was 85 pages long with 300 paragraphs of requirements.
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Seattle in the early 90’s. To this day‚ Nirvana’s first studio album‚ Nevermind‚ is regarded as one of the best and most important albums in rock history. To date‚ Nevermind sold more than 30 million copies. As a guitarist‚ Grohl founded the Foo Fighters in 1995 and quickly propelled the band to stardom with their first self titled studio album. The band then went to produced several more albums that include 22 songs that have been on the top 40 charts for a total of just over 700 weeks with Grohl
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The B-36 could carry a 72000lb bomb load and at the same time it could defend itself with sixteen 20mm cannons in eight turrets located around the airplane. To many fighter pilots in War Thunder‚ this seems too much power for one plane to have. Many protest that they would get shot down before even having a chance to fire their own guns and the over powered bomb load with level their bases even before they could reach
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)‚ headed by Julius Malema‚ has had conflicting and controversial views on the dress code that the South African parliament should adhere to. The choice of attire that the EFF aspire to wear; and the reasons for wearing such articles will be discussed and examined in further detail in this essay. From an EFF point of view their right to freedom of expression F and their right to equality F‚ could potentially be limited in terms of the limitation clause F entrenched
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During the Second World War‚ London became a main target for the German fighter planes‚ with many people laying in wait for the "Doodle bugs" which stopped making noises when dropping bombs‚ many factories in the city were targeted. Hendon plane factory and roots tank factory where targeted in the blitz due to being large production lines. During these years the British government had to find ways of keeping morale and spirit of the British people at a high. If this was not achieved then many
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British were having their final conference‚ most of the commanders were against the idea of counter-attacking the Japanese leading to a easy surrender by the British. The air defence which included fighter planes were inferior and outdated compared to the Japanese "zero" fighters which were more accurate and faster. Even the two British battleships‚ "Prince of Wales" and "Repulse"‚ protecting Malaya and Singapore which were thought to be an invincible fortress but were actually old and
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Just as Hassan cleans Amir’s room and makes his breakfast‚ he also serves Amir in kite tournaments. Hassan may cooperate with the lifting and diving‚ but Amir is the one who wins. Hassan may catch a rival kite and carry it‚ but he must always bring it back to the kite flyer. Despite not having control over the kite‚ Hassan is just as excited as Amir is. The blue kite in The Kite Runner is the symbol of Baba’s attention. Kites are the only things that Amir and Baba have in common. They have different
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