U.S. To Mothball Gear To Build Top F-22 Fighter -- Reuters
Even as the last F-22 fighter jet rolls out of flag-draped doors at a Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) assembly plant on Tuesday, the Air Force has taken steps that leave open an option to restart the premier plane's production relatively cheaply.
The Air Force is preserving the hardware used to build the jet, not scrapping it, although it insists this is solely to sustain the fleet over its projected 30-plus years' "lifecycle."
The F-22 is "easily the most capable fighter aircraft ever built, period," said Richard Aboulafia, a combat plane expert at the Teal Group aerospace consultancy.
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My Comment: This development does not give a ringing endorsement on the F-35 program .... and if anything .... it appears there are some who are now banking on its failure and a resumption of the F-22 fighter jet line.
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