Danger Zone

[Orionblamblam]

Welsh: F-22 Flew to Drone’s Rescue off Iran CoastIranian F-4 tried to sneak up on a US drone in international airspace. An F-22 snuck up underneath the F-4, got a good look at the weapons load, made out with the F-4 pilots wife, drank all his beer, rolled up onto the F-4's left wing and told him: "you really aught to go home."

 

[Bill Walker]

Do I detect some amount of cynicism?

 

[_Del_]

Shouldn't the F-22 be inverted while the pilot flips the Iranian pilot the bird?

 

[Abraham Gubler]

Shouldn't the F-22 be inverted while the pilot flips the Iranian pilot the bird?

While in a negative four G dive.

Cough-Bullsh*t

 

[kcran567]

You forgot to have the f-22 get a cell phone pic for proof (or old school Polaroid instant land camera).

 

[bobbymike]

Shouldn't the F-22 be inverted while the pilot flips the Iranian pilot the bird?

While in a negative four G dive.

Cough-Bullsh*t

Not to be picky but Maverick says "I was inverted" before the Cough-Bullsh*t line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZxSf_P2r0

 

[quellish]

What I particularly liked about this post:
http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/19/f-22-f-4-intercept/#.Uju13Cr4DIU

was:
"It would be interesting to know how the Raptor managed to remain stealth (did they use their radar? were they vectored by an AWACS? etc.) and why it was not the E-2 most probably providing Airborne Early Warning in the area to broadcast the message to persuade the F-4 to pursuit the drone before the Iranian Phantoms and the U.S. Raptors got too close in a potentially dangerous and tense situation?"

Errrr.... LPI... much?
And the F-22s do fly with a reflector on these operations.