Unfortunately, in this instance the treasoncat was none other than Dubya.
“Unfortunately, in this instance the treasoncat was none other than Dubya.”
Actually, it was killed in 2009 for the FY2010 budget.
A short timeline to the death of the Raptor program:
On 6 April 2009, Secretary of Defense Gates called for the phasing out of F-22 production in fiscal year 2011.
On 9 July 2009, General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services his reasons for supporting termination of F-22 production.
“The Pentagon cannot continue with business as usual when it comes to the F-22 or any other program in excess of our needs.” - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking on the cancellation.
On 21 July 2009, President Obama threatened to veto F-22 funding.
On 21 July 2009, the Senate voted in favor of ending F-22 production.
On 30 July 2009, the House agreed to remove funds for an additional 12 aircraft and abide by the 187 cap.
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 in October 2009, without F-22 funding.