Because its pieces and parts are made in more states and Congressional districts than anything else. Congressporkers will never kill it.
The big tail and fuselage structures come from Vought Aircraft, in Tennessee and Georgia. The engines are from Rolls Royce, in Indiana, the infrared suppressors from Honeywell, in California, and other subsystems are shipped from smaller suppliers across the United States. The pieces all come together at the Assembly and Integration Center in Amarillo.
*slaps hand on face*
UGH!
Yeah, now I get it.
*chuckle*
Thanks!