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F-22s to be sent to Europe to counter Russian threat?

Perhaps the next US president may restart the Raptor production line with looming threats on the horizon?AviationistU.S. may deploy F-22 Raptor stealth jets to Europe to counter “Russian threat”By...

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Re: F-22s to be sent to Europe to counter Russian threat?

I rather doubt that anything but an existential threat will re-open that line.

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I rather doubt even that would open up that line. But in the mean time it seems like it will a cold day in hell when the F-22 finds itself outnumbered by PAK-FA.

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Re: F-22s to be sent to Europe to counter Russian threat?

Assuming they can get them off the ground, Putin opted for a dozen for the foreseeable future.

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Re: F-22s to be sent to Europe to counter Russian threat?

Perhaps the next US president may restart the Raptor production line with looming threats on the horizon?  Lockheed would have to introduce a wonderful F-22C, (designed and tested with their own...

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One, the POTUS doesn't have that kind of authority, and two, as stated, no, for both political and monetary reasons. Quite honestly more F-22s would have nothing very relevant to do. There are a...

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When the F-22 production line shut down in March 2012, the companies producing the parts that made up that last aircraft had packed up their tooling up to two years earlier (unless they had contracts...

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They did extensive documentation on the manufacture. But it seems a sort of desperate back up plan if something goes wrong in the next fifteen years.

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

The Raptors arrive:Defense NewsUS F-22s Arrive In Europe Lara Seligman, 2:31 p.m. EDT August 28, 2015 Four US Air Force F-22 Raptors touched down in Germany on Friday, marking the start of the fighter...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

F-22s and A-10s arrive in Estonia http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/07/politics/f-22s-visit-estonia/index.html

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

This will make Putin uneasy if he has only 12 T-50s/PAK-FAs to counter them:Defense NewsUSAFE Chief Calls For An F-22 Base In EuropeBy Lara Seligman 12:31 p.m. EDT September 17, 2015NATIONAL HARBOR,...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

More food for thought that supports Bager's comments on the previous page about why the F-22 will never return to full production, in spite of the fact all aspects of the production process have been...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

Maybe the Chinese got to them first. Or packing up the production line was Maskirovka.

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Raptors permanently forward-deployed to Poland? Aviationist U.S. to permanently deploy F-22 Raptor stealth jets to Poland? Mar 02 2016 - By Jacek Siminski Polish Łask Air Base might become a permanent...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

Outside of Kadena and Anderson, I can't think of a better place to forward deploy F-22s besides Eastern Europe. There used to be some in the mid east during the Iran tension but that's like using...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

Hands off Putin! Defense News F-22 fighter jets are in Romania to keep tabs on Russia's Black Sea antics Oriana Pawlyk, Air Force Times 10:36 a.m. EDT April 25, 2016 The U.S. sent its most...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

CNN: F-22s to Romania http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/europe/us-deploys-fighter-jets-to-romania/index.html

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

Too close for comfort for Putin?AviationistQuote: U.S. Air Force F-22s deploy to Lithuania (as an RC-135W patrols the Baltic Sea)Apr 27 2016 - 0 CommentsBy David CenciottiTwo Raptors have arrived at...

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

They'll probably stay a lot farther away from Russian planes than Russian planes will from the RC-135.

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Re: F-22s sent to Europe to counter Russian threat (updated)

US sends F-22 warplanes to the Black Seahttps://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderDefense/videos/vb.187181358317267/228387150863354/?type=2&theater

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