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http://www.dailytech.com/Defense+Secret ... e14776.htm

I'm not all for ending F22 production to replace our aging F15/16/18s

You are talking about the F-22 Raptor stealth bomber-fighter, right? And where is the article?

It seems to be part of Robert Gates' proposal to save on military hardware in the US.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_ ... nse_budget

The article says that no more than 187 F-22 are to be produced, but it also mentions that production of the F-35 is to be sped up.

I agree that the Raptor is expensive and is not ideal for this type of war, but I am not convinced that justifies production to halt entierly.

sorry, I guess I didnt copy the link and I just pasted the wrong thing
I fixed my link in my original post now

I think one thing people are missing here is that technology may be evolving, but pilots can still make or break any plane. A good pilot can make an antiquated or obsolete plane a deadly weapon, while an inexperienced pilot can make a technological marvel a flying pile of scrap. If they do eventually decide to end production of the F22 it will be a sad loss of a mission SPECIFIC plane. Personally I'd love to see the development of a low orbit supra-range fighter (atains a low orbit fuel saving altitude, cruises to desired "hotspot" and reneters atmosphere) If you could have a stealthed craft in orbit between the troposphere and lowest satelite orbital trajectories, it would be a helluva vehicle. But I tend to be a dreamer, so i look less at what we have now and had in the past, and what we might be able to produce in the future.

maybe look into developing some of these
(and other fighters)