A sick-ass plane, where are the other 600?
imagine what the Block D, E, F would be like right now.
So stupid..
At least the illegals are eating good....
And Japan, Australia, and Poland should each have a hundred or so of their own by now.
I wonder how CHINAA would be be behaving right now if they knew we had a top-line fleet of 750 Raptors just waiting to be put to use...
Guess we’ll never know....
Might be a good idea to buy a crap load of modern F-15SE+ on the cheap till something new and WORKS comes out 20 years from now.
In the mean time maybe in 15 years the F-16 replacement the F-35 will be fully operational to original specs.
If you ae referring to F-22s, only 189 were made before the Obey Amendment killed further production. Now only 125 or so are combat ready - all the rest are either spare parts, hanger queens or in maintenance. It would cost too much to restart production if were even possible.
The future is unmanned drones with AI or more quickly drones used as loyal wingmen controlled by either a single fighter or by a dedicated airframe.