We have the B-52 which was designed for a shelf life of 100 years. We also have the B-1, B-2, and F-117. Now, we also have the F-22.
If China is able to detect the F-22, then I’ll be damned.
No, it wasn't, and just how effective do you think they will be against a heavily defended nation that does have an increasingly sophisticated real air force?
We also have the B-1
Half have been decommissioned. The rest are all tactical now. Not strategic.
, B-2,
20 of them? You think we are going to risk them?
and F-117
Bush just retired them two years ago. Didn't think we could afford them.
Now, we also have the F-22.
Bush had Rumsfeld order that production completely end at the end of 2007 irrespective of how many had actually been built. That's approximately 180. They didn't think we could afford any more. Those are needed for strategic air defense. And our F-15s are now grounded.
To use the small force of F-22s in a tactical interdiction...without a continuing and hot assembly line...against a hugely superior numerical force, operating close to its bases, able to attack our forward bases, and thence "pre-empt" our F-22s....could be questioned.