374 - Flying the F-22

Guest: Dan “Animal” Javorsek (linkedin.com/in/dan-animal-javorsek-92b6a120) Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Bastian Hundt

The main part of this episode is about flying the F-22 Raptor, the most modern air superiority fighter in the inventory of the USAF. Our guest is Dan Javorsek (linkedin.com/in/dan-animal-javorsek-92b6a120), callsign Animal, who has previously flown the Raptor in operational test. Dan has also been the initiator of the Alpha Dogfight (darpa.mil/news-events/2020-08-26) trials, where an AI was tested against a real pilot in a simulator air-to-air engagement. Dan also flew the F-117 and the F-35, so we cover those airplanes as well.

Introduction of Dan "Animal" Javorsek
00:03:56
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Te…) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA | F-35 Lightning_II (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lig…) | Aerial Refueling (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling)

Flight Simulation and Airforce
00:11:36
Flight Simulator (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator) | Flight Controls (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_flight_control_…) | Hardware in the Loop (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-in-the-loop_sim…) | Aerodynamic Instability (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_aerodynamic_i…)

Testing World
00:15:21
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilo…) | A-10 Thunderbolt II (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_…) | Multirole Combat Aircraft (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft)

The F-22 Raptor
00:23:01
F-22 Raptor (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Rap…) | Air Superiority Fighter (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_superiority_fighter) | F-15 Eagle (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15) | F-16 Fighting Falcon (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fi…) | Fifth-Gen. Fighter (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-generation_fighter) | Next Generation Air Dominance (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Domi…) | Stealth Technology (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology) | SR-71 Blackbird (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird) | Book: From Rainbow to Gusto (amazon.de/Rainbow-Gusto-Stealth-Lockheed-Black…) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avionics | Sensor Fusion (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor_fusion) | Kalman Filter (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared | Radio Frequency (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_frequency) | Identification Friend or Foe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_friend_or…) | Electronic Warfare (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_warfare) | Radar Warning Receiver (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_warning_receiver) | Inverse Square Law (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law) | Datalinks (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_link) | AWACS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_a…) | VHF (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_frequency) | RF-Antenna (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_(radio))

Flying the F-22
01:07:16
Thrust Vectoring (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_vectoring) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight | Beyond Visual Range (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond-visual-range_miss…) | B-52 Stratofortress (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress) | Angle of Attack (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_attack)

Supercruise
01:17:58
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterburner | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercruise | Drag Curve (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_curve) | Mach Number (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_number) | G-Suit (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit) | Automatic Ground Avoidance System (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Ground_Collisi…)

Flying the F-117
01:27:56
F-117 Nighthawk (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk)

AI in Air Combat
01:30:21
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_AlphaDogfight | Radio Jamming (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_jamming) | Lethal Autonomous Weapon (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_autonomous_weapon) | Military Robot (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot) | Situational Awareness (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_awareness)

End and Outlook
01:43:36