True or false the f22 raptor is an ace maker?

Question

it well make you an ace in no time..

Answer 1

I would say false. First most of the U.S. enemies now don't have any or enough aircraft to make anybody an ace. Second the idea is to hit the aircraft before they take off. That would leave too few planes to make anybody an ace. Third, those possible enemy nations that do have enough enemy aircraft, also have enough nuclear weapons that even if somebody would make ace, there wouldn't be enough people around to care.

Answer 2

Well, so few air forces will even want to go up against it, I will be surprised if it even HAS to prove itself in battle. The American F-15 formed a reputation in battle, and now, most countries are pretrified by it. Saddam's air force refused to fly against it during the opening days of Iraqi Freedom. Knowing just how good an American F-22 is, it isn't far fetched to believe that countries are already fearing it, well before it makes its first air-to-air kill.

And I say American, because the pilot is part of the picture of course as well. The American fighter pilot, with his/her discipline and training is second to none.

*And all these people saying that there won't be any more dogfights, and no more conventional war. You people are the reason why the American-to-Enemy kill ratio during Vietnam was roughly 1:1, a complete disaster. This was because the top brass felt the same way you do, "there's not going to be anymore dogfighting, so there's no need for guns". The F-4 was horrendous compared to the more agile MiG-17's and MiG-21's. It was only equiped with missiles suited for long-range combat. This was terribly hypocritical considering they had to visually confirm an enemy before they could fire upon it. It wasn't until they equiped the F-4 with a cannon that those numbers began to rise in the American's favor.

Answer 3

It needs to see real combat first. Then the pilot needs to "kill" 5 enemy planes. So I really doubt there will ever be any Raptor aces since the current odds of a conventional war occurring are slight.

Answer 4

Assuming they let the pilots count shooting down biplanes, wrecks from previous wars and Cessnas with a guy shooting out of it with a gun, yes.

However, the concept of ACE is dependent upon actually going up against another plane with at least a slight chance of winning. Since none of our enemies in the foreseeable future is going to have that kind of aircraft, we may just see a repeat of the Gulf War, the Afghan War and the Iraq war: total air superiority with nothing to shoot down.

Answer 5

The F22A Raven is scheduled to replace the F15C/D Eagle models as the standard A air superiority fighter, I would think it is highly capable aircraft and able to knock bad guys out of the sky. Got to see them to hit them and the F22A has a very, very small radar signature

Answer 6

Its the pilot's mastery of the aircraft that makes him the ACE.

Answer 7

How many Talibanian Aircraft has it shot down?
How are you going to become an ace unless you fight someone with an airforce?

Answer 8

In certain ways, yes. Because it makes the handling easier. In the end tough, its really the pilot and how well he knows how to fly the jet.

Answer 9

As this bird even been in combat yet, anywhere other than in computer games???