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Survivability: USAF's imperative for United States' defence

Washington, USA - Only the F/A-22 Raptor would be able to operate with minimum risks in terms of success

US Air Force carries on its ’defence’ campaign about the F/A-22 programme in an attempt to justify the entering service during the next months (see for details AVIONEWS). This time it is being pointed out the survivability capability of such airplane in case of real operations. USAF’s representatives are aware of changes occurred during last decades regarding the geo-strategical environment, in wh...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61399
Rome, Italy, 04/06/2004 17:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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