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One of the guys in the know can probably correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're on the north shore, I doubt it's an f22. There aren't any stationed anywhere close to Louisiana. 9 times out of 10, it's the f15's in this area. You'll occasionally get an f18, or a trainer. I've never seen f35s here unless for an airshow or their current training.

i dont mean here locally, i just mean at random places i've been stationed or sent to around the globe.

i might not be able to decipher a F-35 over an F-22 from the ground, but i do at least for sure know what an F-15 or an F-18 looks like

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Posted by LemmyLives

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Member since Mar 2019

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Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:56 pm to Sam Quint

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decipher a F-35 over an F-22 from the ground

Now that you mention it, I can pick out a Chinook immediately via audio only. It's like Ma Deuce. You know. We almost never get Chinooks over Houston, but between Corpus Army Air Depot and Austin, we get a fair number of helo transits on their way to Rucker or wherever they're going.

F-14/F18A/E, A-6, no clue. Everything was on afterburner, all the time, near any air station. What? I can't hear you!!

One of the best things about being on the Gulf Coast (on vacay) is getting the Coast Guard wake up. Sea Sprites waking you up in Corpus Christ, C-130s out of Keesler flying low over the beach in Alabama. When your kids are on the sand, F Yeah!

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Posted by GEAUXLPOST

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Posted on 3/11/24 at 6:09 pm to Sam Quint

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decipher a F-35 over an F-22

F22 is longer and leaner. Two rectangular exhaust ports

F35 is shorter and fatter one large circular exhaust port.

F18 slanted tails

F15 horizontal tails

F16 big under belly intake, single tail.

That's my cheat sheet lol.

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Posted by IAmNERD

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Posted on 3/11/24 at 6:17 pm to Sam Quint

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decipher a F-35 over an F-22 from the ground

Those horizontal stabilizers/rear elevators are the dead give away. Trapezoidal on the 22. Not to mention the dual engines on the 22 vs the single on on the 35.