"Two years from now, the Hawaii Air National Guard will take delivery of the F-22 raptor jet fighters. According to developers, it's a "star wars" type plane.
At a cost of 137 million dollars apiece, the jets should - and can - do just about everything the military wants.
Sam Grizzle of Lockheed Martin says, "If you talk to any military leader, they will tell you that the first priority of any combatant commander in any situation is to establish something we call air dominance over the battlefield."
Developer Lockheed Martin and partners are convinced the F-22 raptor will do just that. During a press briefing today, a simulator was rolled out...not an exact duplicate of the flight simulator being used to train pilots, but a close replica of that. Private Pasha Baker tried her hand at landing the jet...she did fine. But she was flying fairly slow. The plane can travel one and a half times the speed of sound without turning on the after burners."
The Man Who Shot Luke Skywalker Posted By Dustin on August 27, 2008: Many of you probably don't know Photographer Kim Simmons, but you will recognize his photography of vintage and modern Star Wars collectibles. He has opened up a website right here where you can now order prints and posters of his nostalgic photography so many of us grew up with over the years. We (The Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club) had Kim as a VIP guest at this year's Summer Social and I must say the prints he has are amazing to see first hand!
Disturbance At The Lars Homestead Boxed! Posted By Curto on August 26, 2008: For your viewing pleasure, here's a new boxed photo of the Disturbance at the Lars Homestead set. This set includes repacks of Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru, a Sandtrooper, a moisture vaporator, an all-new baby womp rat, and the Lars domicile! Anyone who thinks this set is inspired from the legendary fan-film TROOPS....you're not alone.
Fanboys On Blu-Ray Posted By Mike on August 26, 2008: Coming November 18th