[HombreSecreto]

Could also be a reaction to the underwhelming F35.

[SZonian]

Hate on the F35 from a position of ignorance all you want.

But note, 2 different aircraft, 2 different missions.

[Ancesthntr]

“Could also be a reaction to the underwhelming F35.”

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That’s the ticket. It’ll probably be a whole lot LESS expensive to restart the F-22 line than to fix what is ailing the F35 - and there are lots of things in that latter category. The F35 smelled like over-priced boondoggle from Day 1.

[conejo99]

I wonder how many F22s we could have bought if we had just spent the money on F22s instead of developing and tooling for the F35.

[rdcbn]

Could also be a reaction to the underwhelming F35.

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The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 is performing it's intended job as a follow on to the F-117 Nighthawk very nicely.

It will never be the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) that the F-22 is , nor was it ever intended to be.

Tons of money has been spent upgrading the Air to Air capability of the F-35 to justify canceling the F-22 but it will never be an F-22

However, much of the good stuff developed for F-35 will eventually find it's way into the F-22 and other aircraft as well.