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Picture of the Week - Raptor Shocks

It took the Navy to capture the coolest picture of the Air Force's F-22 that I've seen for some time:

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Photo by Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Ronald Dejarnett

The Raptor was photographed as it executed a supersonic pass over the aircraft carrier USS Stennis in the Gulf of Alaska on June 22, while participating in the Northern Edge 2009 joint exercise.

Now back to the debate about buying more F-22s...

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Loader2088 wrote:
Squint your eyes and you can see Bill Gates screaming "NO!"
6/28/2009 2:29 PM CDT
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energo wrote:
What a shot!
6/28/2009 5:16 PM CDT
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LmRaptor wrote:
The jet pictured above is likely to be just sonic or perhaps even less.
6/28/2009 6:05 PM CDT
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I did debate just saying "high-speed pass", but from the shock pattern I think it's just above sonic
6/29/2009 9:15 AM CDT
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