Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vigorously disagreed at a May 14 hearing on future necessary levels of F-22 Raptors. Senior Airman Christopher L. Ingersoll / Air Force
Politics Of The F-22 In Libya -- Information Dissemination
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Instead, political reasons likely kept the most advanced jet on Earth out of the fight, according to Deptula, an early advocate of using the jet to enforce the no-fly zone in Libya. Basically, the F-22’s stealth would have negated much of the official need for coalition help since the jet is almost completely immune to Libya’s ancient air defenses, argues the Deptula, who retired last October.
“Because of the high degree of stealth of the F-22, its supercruise and ISR capabilities, it would not have required the destruction of the Libyan enemy air defense system to operate inside Libyan airspace,” writes Deptula in an email to DoDBuzz. This is especially true “given the make-up of the current Libyan air defenses (predominantly made up of SA-2, 3, 5, and 6s). Accordingly, F-22s would be free to either engage any Libyan aircraft that took-off, or they could destroy LAF aircraft and/or helicopters on the ground at will.”
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More News On The F-22's Non-Role In Libya
Did Politics Keep the F-22 Out of Libya? -- DoD Buzz
Air Force General: F-22 Kept Out of Libya Action For Political Reasons -- FavStocks
Where is the F-22? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Why F-22s Did Not Come To Libya -- Strategy Page
Distance Kept Lockheed F-22 Out of Libya Action, Schwartz Says -- Bloomberg
Stateside Basing Kept the F-22 Out of the Libya Fight -- DoD Buzz
Limitations keep F-22 from use in Libya ops -- Air Force Times
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