3 IN 1 SONIC BOOM - JETWASH - RAPTOR

3 IN 1

LIMITED EDITION PRINT. INCLUDING CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

SONIC BOOM

An F/A - 18 Hornet, piloted by LT Ron Candiloro, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One currently deployed with the USS Constellation, breaks the sound barrier in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, July 7, 1999. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Gay. July 7, 1999.

Data Type: Class A assault fighter. Wingspan: 11.43m. Length: 17.07m. Height: 4.66m. Loaded weight: 19,960 kg. Maximum Speed: 2125km/h.

Ensign John Gay, Photo Officer for Fighter Squadron Two, shot this image from the 0-10 level weather deck (the upper most deck on the island) of USS Constellation. It was shot with a Nikon N-90s with a Nikon 70-300 ED zoom lens, using kodacolor 200 negative film. The camera was set for manual exposure of F/5.6 at 1/1000 sec. The image was acquired with a single shot, panned from left to right, prefocused at approx 200-300 yards off the port side of the ship, where the aircraft flew by. Photo credit to the US NAVY. This photo is a true limited edition reproduction from the original photograph taken by Ensign John Gay, July 7, 1999.

JETWASH

F-14 Tomcat performing a tactical maneuver called jet wash turbulence traveling at 600 knots approximately 700 mph at a height of 10 feet above sea level.

The Grunman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin engine variable sweep wing, two place strike fighter. The Tomcat's primary mission are air superiority, fleet air defense and precision strike against ground targets.

The F-14 has visual and all weather attack capability to deliver Phoenix and Sparrow missiles as well as the M-61 gun and sidewinder missiles for close in air-to-air combat.

The F-14 also has the Lantirn targeting system that allows delivery of various laser-guided bombs for precision strikes in air-to-ground combat missions. The F-14, equipped with Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) is the Navy's only manned tactical reconnaissance platform.

Showing off the awesome power and quality of the Grunman F-14A+ in low-level flying. The explosive high pressure shock waves, generated by the sudden passage of this aircraft over the open sea, is a compelling display of fluid dynamics and the Art of American Technology.

Raptor

An AIM-9 Siddwinder missle successfully launches from an F-22 Raptor during a launch Tueday, July 25. The major milestone test evaluated the next-generation fighter's ability to fire an air-to-air missile from an internal weapons bay. Its primary air-to-ari role, the Attack Munitions (JDAM), two AIM-120C, and two AIM-9 missiles.


Data:
Primary Function: Fighter Air Dominace. Builders: Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Major Subcontractors (Partial List): Northrop Grumman, Texas Instruments, Kidde-Graviner Ltd., Allied-Signal Aerospace, Hughes Radar Systems, Harris, Fairchild Defense, GEC Avionics, Lockheed Sanders, Kaiser Electronics, Digital Equipment Corp., Paker-Hannifin Corp., Simmonds Precision, Sterer Engineering, TRW, XAR, Motorola, Hamilton Standard, Sanders/GE Join Venture, Menasco Aerospace. Personnel (approximate): USAF Program Office 350, Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems 1100, Boeing 1400, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems 1500, Pratt and Whitney 1000.

Powerplant: Two Pratt and Whitney F119-PW-100 engines. Speed: The F-22's speed class is Mach 2. Armament: Air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. Crew: Model F-22A will carry one crewperson.

Milestones: September 1990: First flight of Lockheed Martin-Boeing YF-22 prototype. April 23, 1991: Airforce awards F-22 Engineering and Manufacturing Development Contract to Lockheed Martin-Boeing team. February 24, 1995: Airforce approves final design of the F-22 Raptor, piloted by F-22 Chief Test Pilot, Paul Metz. PHOTO CREDIT TO U.S. AIRFORCE. Photograph taken by Judson Brohmer.