The F-22 is still one of only three aircraft (in service) that can supercruise (go faster than the speed of sound without using the afterburner.) In addition to the F-22, the Eurofighter and the Gripen can also supercruise.Huh?
The Eurofighter and Gripen can super-cruise?
What then exactly is super-cruise?
And how is it that the SU-27 family isn't on this list...What about the later blocks of F-15/16's?
Is it even viable? The F-22 can buts it has much shorter legs than the much derided F-35 (I laugh at those who slam the F-35 for being short ranged yet talk about the F-22 being more suited to long patrols over the Pacific...can't they read...the F-35 can fly much further on internal gas).
What is fuel consumption like in S/C? Has its use been wargamed? Besides the launch of A2A and A2G weapons during the cycle to give them extra hmmph then what good is it really?
