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Dirty Little Secrets
Sacrifices Offered to Save F-22s
by James Dunnigan
January 15, 2005
Discussion Board on this DLS topic
The U.S. Air Force attempted to cut the purchase of the new F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter from 1700 to 1200 aircraft, so that they would have more money for the
new F-22 fighter. The F-22 costs more than three times as much as the F-35, and
is optimized for air-to-air combat. The F-35 is more of a fighter-bomber. The
Department of Defense sees the F-35 as being more useful in the future, not to
mention more affordable, than the F-22, and blocked the air force attempt to cut
the F-35 purchase.
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