Academy 1/48 F-22A Raptor 05-4102 302nd FS - Completed
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AlexanderLooks very good! I like the really smooth surface look with that subtle metallic sheen. 👍 👍
Neil?? Wow! Looks fantastic, and... Love the associated tale also. Paints a great image of what transpired.
Ali YuliantoThanks Alexander and Neil, much appreciated.
Glad you like the story Neil, kinda reminded me of a scene in the movie "Hot Shots!" 😄
NeilHa! Ha! Roger that, Milli Vanilli Chilly Willy... Yeah I know the scene you mean 🙂
Slavo HazuchaLovely clean Raptor - the 5th gen´s starting to roll out now 🙂 the subtle highlighting looks really good on this one 👍
Ali YuliantoThanks Slavo! I'm doing the Hasegawa version now which I plan to be a bit more 'weathered' 😉
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On March 12, 2013, during the third Raptor deployment to the region, a pair of F-22s intercepted two Iranian F-4 Phantom IIs over international waters high above the Persian Gulf. The Phantom crews were reportedly being vectored on a GCI to engage a USAF MQ-1B Predator. Leading the Raptor pair was Lt. Col. Kevin "Showtime" Sutterfield, a pilot with the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Fighter Squadron which later become its commander.
Gen Welsh, the AF chief of staff at that time, revealed the story when introducing Sutterfield later in the year. He said, "He flew under their aircrafts to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there and then pulled up on their left wing and then called the pilots and said, "You really ought to go home."
They did.
