F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (top) and the F-22 Raptor United States Air ForceFrom Defense Professionals:
About the Senate's controversial 2010 defence authorisation bill proposal.
The US seems to be solidly divided on a decision as to whether its Air Force needs additional F-22 Raptors or, as proposed, should accelerate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. Intensive discussions at several forums and conferences ended in early April when Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed phasing out production of the Raptor by fiscal year 2011. Gates further proposed to limit F-22 production to 187 planes and to accelerate testing of the F-35, which is designed to become the new airborne workhorse.
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My Comment: Congress holds the purse strings, I would be looking at what they are doing/planning.
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