Fighter Pilots Claim Intimidation Over F-22 Raptor Jets

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10. I heard a blip about this on WTOP radio yesterday.

WTOP news radio in DC is essentially corporate spokesman radio in the DC area. Great traffic and weather reporting, but when it comes to news they always throw a little spin on it.

They mentioned that pilots were saying the F-22 had some kind of orientation problem and pilots were refusing to fly it. They went on to ask why pilots are refusing to fly our newest and most capable fighter jet.

Hmmmmm, most capable.

That would imply it's pilot error and not a major fault with the actual aircraft. In fact, we can't even get this aircraft into actual use which clearly indicates it is not the most capable fighter jet we have. It's still a test plane with millions upon millions sunk into it and it's not of much more use than a paper weight at this point.

To call it capable is a distortion at best.