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Originally Posted by keeperreaper
Very cool video. Does the US have any jets that can do comparable tricks?
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No. The reason that jet can do all of that stuff is the small "canard" wings just aft of the cockpit but just ahead of the main wings. The U.S.A.F. and other flying services have shifted all of thier design decisions to incorporating stealth technolgy into a multi=role fighter meaning one plane in several variations like one being able to launch and land from a carrier and others as ground support or pure fighter. The US F-22 Raptor is now being deployed after it's debut in 2005.
In a standard dogfight the SU (Sukhoi)-60 would have air superiority. We rely on getting to them before they see us and pilot training. Obvioulsy that Russian jock is one of thier best. 90% of the others in the Russian AF don't get but a few hours every month if they are lucky. All our guys get hundreds more hours especially the Air Guard pilot's who fly commercially and get more air time training than most full time AF Jocks.
The Swedes make a jet like that with canard wings but like the SU-60 they are not stealth designed so they show on radar as what they are 50 foot long jets.