Eurofighter Beat the Raptor

According to what the German officers for Combat Aircraft Monthly, at this year's Red Flag, during the simulated fights in sight, a major advantage over the F-22A had Eurofighter.

One element of Red Flag exercises over Alaska, whose last edition took place in June, were - for the first time in history - simulated combat Eurofighter German and American F-22A Raptor in a very short distances. According to these clashes relacjonujących for Combat Aircraft Monthly German officers, Col. Andreas Pfeiffer and Major Marco Gumbrecht, emerged victorious from their European fighters.

During the fighting in sight, they were able to stay close to the larger F-22A and take advantage of a large excess of power. Raptorach vector used in the asset was not enough. According to both pilots, the planes were characterized during confrontations similar capabilities, but the Eurofighter has been dominant in several areas, which ultimately gave the victory. Germany, however, admitted that their pilots performed a very aggressive tactics. Also added that they were not able to detect the Raptors with a distance greater than about 35 km, demonstrating their advantage in the activities of the greater distance.


Revelations Combat Aircraft Monthly , however, have subjective and informal. In earlier statements to the American officers REPORT-wto that its pilots be subject to certain limitations, related to the accident detected before hypoxia. The fact is also that the representatives of the USAF did not win on an open counter-response to the assessment of the officers of the Luftwaffe.