Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

[Low IQ Techie]

While I admit that the pod shown under the bizjet has a notch in the nose and does generally look like the pods seen on F-22s, no pictures of that notched-nose pod on an F-22 have emerged yet.

May be there're different iterations/models.
Time will tell soon.

 

[JJPET]

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i love how the camo looks like a older f15 style. just makes you think what would it look like without stealth attributes

 

[TomcatViP]

High AoA? Would that mean test release for a short range wvr weapon?

 

[quellish]

High AoA? Would that mean test release for a short range wvr weapon?

Currency = training

 

[Scott Kenny]

Currency = training

But depending on when they were doing the training relative to expiration dates can be setting things up for test series. Or getting pilots new to the squadron ready for a test series.

Old example: The USN generally required annual weapons qualifications. SSBNs had an exception because we basically operated on an 8 month cycle and we'd only run weapons quals every other off-crew (once in 16 months). After 9-11 that exception was revoked and we needed to re-qualify every 8 months due to operational cycles. Every off-crew we had to send everyone through weapons quals.

 

[TomcatViP]

I would have to admit that I missed the word Currency in my reading.
I stand corrected. Thank you @quellish .