| Show Military i star ry S shows h ws off oW t 42 42 ml million II- II Ion f- f fh fighter 19 h ter t f 3 1 rf Todd J. J Associate Editor EditorS i As r J s s. part of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Hill Air Force Base Basei fi in Ogden the military showed off its it's 42 million F F- A Stealth fighter aircraft and brought in the world famous Thunderbirds air demonstration team on Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- S tur- tur day June 23 In temperatures exceeding 95 degrees the Thunderbirds soared above while the Stealth fighter stayed on on the ground with guards authorized to use deadly force if spectators p got too dose close The Air Force boasts the fighter as the lithe worlds world's s first operational aircraft designed to exploit observable low tech tech- It Its It's s mission is described to penetrate densely protected areas and attack value high targets with pinpoint accuracy although its it's accuracy has become somewhat of a question in many peoples people's minds It is the state-of-the-art military magic at its it's most aesthetic A beautiful machine to look at the fighter looks like an ominous attack aircrafts aircraft s straight raight out of the Batman hype Hollywood Over 2 people toured the airfield at the Ogden base periodically getting shade from the huge wings of the C SA Galaxy military transport plane during the free show Entertainment ranged from mock bomber attacks F 16 and F 18 maneuvers a team parachute demonstration and of course the tle Thunderbirds The F team of six accomplished five five difficult maneuvers including the High Show Bomb Burst in which five jets separate from formation in four opposite directions with the fifth spiralling ing upward leaving smoke trails behind each jet Ar A cA i 1 P 1 P. P I 4 4 ld lG Kr w. w s. s t A. A 4 r nf f r 4 o a 1 1 The F F 1 shown here sports twin General Electric F turbofan tur- tur engines 0 and backup terns tem for fol its flight controls The Th The single seat fighter is Js about 9 t the same sam si size as the he F 15 Eagle e although although al- al though its profile is less bulky bulky Its designers used sharp angles and radar absorbent i dimensions dimensions' of the Stealth figh fighter tei include a wingspan of r 43 feet length of 66 6 feet grid and height 12 feet three h ee inch inches inches s. s The T h e fighter f. f 1 g h t e r weighs weigh's we 1 g h. h S a a- a p proximately x PO pounds pounds' ari internaL a weapons car Iff Ii age j It If |
