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End of the Line (Dammit)

Posted by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. - 309C on 11/3/2009, 3:19 pm
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From airforce-magazine.com End of the Line: Barring something unforeseen, the Air Force has ordered its last F-22s. On Oct. 29, the service let a $474 million contract to Lockheed Martin for the four F-22s that will constitute Lot 10 production and complete the program of record for 187 airframes based on current planning. Factoring the one production-version F-22 lost in a crash in 2004, the Air Force will have a force of 186 F-22s, smaller than ideal. Defense Secretary Robert Gates convinced Congress this year that the nation needs to stop buying F-22s and concentrate instead on bringing the F-35 into the inventory�even though, by the Pentagon's own admission, the latter aircraft still may face some setbacks along the way. (For more on how the Air Force will use this smaller F-22 fleet, read The New Playbook from the September issue of Air Force Magazine.) High Risk: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/DRArchive/Pages/2009/June%202009/June%2017%202009/HighRisk.aspx Lawmakers Say Uncle on F-22: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/DRArchive/Pages/2009/July%202009/July%2031%202009/LawmakersSayUncleonF-22.aspx The New Playbook: http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/September%202009/0909playbook.aspx

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