[Pan_Yan]

How accurate are the criticisms of the F-22 in the article? I know the author just cut and pasted them from somewhere else, but the program seems to have some real detractors on both sides of the political spectrum.

[tanknetter]

How accurate are the criticisms of the F-22 in the article? I know the author just cut and pasted them from somewhere else, but the program seems to have some real detractors on both sides of the political spectrum.

Accurate, but possibly with some misrepresentation. For example, the AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship requires about 30 hours of labor hours per flight hour as well, and I think the F-15 is higher. While 55% of the force is available to guard US airspace, since there are a "limited" number of F-22s that may be a factor of not having enough to cover Air Defense patrols, training and testing.

The F-22 is a revolutionary capability that uses bleeding edge technology. It *is* going to be expensive. Very expensive. The question is whether the advantages conveyed by the technology are worth the expense.

[SmokingJoe]

Left wing talking points.
You can find something to criticize about any weapons program if you have a political agenda.
What matters is, there is no fighter anywhere on the planet, that can hold a candle to the F-22’s. It blows everything else out of the water, and gives this country an unassailable lead in air supremacy, which of course is something that the communist in the White House can't stand.