On Nov 5, 9:07*pm, wrote:
See:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...s/RED11058.xml....

and

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

It looks like Red Flag is as much an intel-gathering exercise as it
is a combat exercise. *


Interesting quote:

"He praised the F-22 as the next great dogfighter. But
he faulted the fact that it carries too few missiles and
contends that the on-board cannon could be a life-saver,"

In this conflict, guns are also proving useful for strafing.
I wonder if the Navy and USMC are beginning to regret
their decision to go gun-less on thier versions of JSF?

I know there's a podded gun in the works for JSF, but
that will use up space/weight that could be used for
other things (podded guns are generally less space-
efficient than built-in ones).