[the OlLine Rebel]

They have to replace the F-22 already? What happened?

We still have all the old Fs as mainstays. Love ‘em. Love F-16. But can’t believe the newer things haven’t “taken off”?

[Alas Babylon!]

Replace is the wrong word.

We didn’t make enough, and Obama had the machinery that made them destroyed.

So we cannot enhance our F-22 fleet with the same airframe.

And we need to, like yesterday.

[miliantnutcase]

The F-22 was too good and too expensive so they threw away the tooling to make them.