U.S. Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet.

About 141...

Not to go on a political tangent here but the production of a weapons system like the F-22 induces thousands of high paying jobs from the prime contractor, to subcontractors, to small mom and pop shops, let alone to business benefiting by those working on the F-22. Some say the money could be better spent on social programs but when you look at the employment base of F-22 workers and the affect they have on a community, I think its a close call...

All this fuss is still over 6 additional aircraft.

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Bingo! I think the only salvation the F-22 program will have is the chance of foreign sales, and yes, do not destroy the tooling.

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CharlesBronson said:

Thanks, 141 Raptors is not such a bad number after all.

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Actually the entire fleet will be 187 aircraft

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beaupower32 said:

I say we get rid of all this fancy technology and bring back WW2 Warbirds. How great would that be to see warbirds hunting the skys again. No missles, limited radar. Just pilot, plane, and guns.

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