Saving money for bank take overs and to buy auto companies. Besides, what would you rather have: air superiority for the next several decades or more pork for loyal democrats to pass around to their voters?
Posted on 05/11/2009 5:05:44 AM PDT by GBA
The Obama administration has taken a look and after production of 187 aircraft, "the administration proposes to terminate the F-22 Raptor program," and close the Raptor production line.
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The OMB states that the 187 examples of the F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter, supported by the planned fleet growth of Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) to 2,443 aircraft, "will meet DOD's requirements to maintain air superiority." And, according to the OMB, the Department of Defense agrees. But while the F-22 has frequently been attacked for its expense it has rarely (if ever) been attacked for its demonstrated real-world abilities.
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Saving money for bank take overs and to buy auto companies. Besides, what would you rather have: air superiority for the next several decades or more pork for loyal democrats to pass around to their voters?
BO has failed to notice or care about China’s build-up.
Who needs defense when you are The Chose One? No one DARES attack The Messiah.
The F-22 is a US-only fighter (so far), while the F-35 is the export fighter replacement for the undeniably successful F-16.
If the US doesn’t fly the F-35, it’s a good bet that very few nations will.
I’d like to see both, but budget realities are hitting hard.
It’s wrong for us to be superior to the rest of the world in *any* was...particularly when it comes to military issues.
This is Barack’s B-1. If he follows Jimmy, there might be a Nobel Prize in it for him.
Since all of this money is going elsewhere, when the balloon goes up, I guess we’ll have to fight the Chinese horde with food stamps, medicaid and “green” cars.
Dismateling us one program at a time, weakening / destroying the currency all while dividing us along racial and class lines..........he is the enemy within.
So, they’re chopping the 22 off the block to go with a compromised fighter (F-35) that potentially has a vulnerability in its design that makes them vulnerable to Chinese and Russian radar systems? Not to mention a fighter who’s plans have been leaked to our enemies?
Leveling us with Afghanistan.
It took more than 20 years to get the Osprey but they finally started coming on line in 2007 and it is the light medium transport of the future. The One won’t be around forever. The F-22 will eventually get in service in large numbers if its good enough and the demand is there.
Doesn't the Clueless One see the correlation between having the best aircraft in the world and the fact that the bad guys don't want to screw around with it? What an idiot...
Then all the R & D, all the work will be for nothing.
The Won is looking for an excuse to kill the program.
Our President thinks an airplane developed by the “global community” sends a better message to our allies.
Our President has admitted he thinks that America is arrogant, so, why continue building our own superior aircraft, thereby continuing the perception of American “arrogance?”
We need that money for PROGRAMS!!! We have to fund ACORN...WELFARE...EDUMACATION!!!!!!
Yeah, all that socialism is costly ... Reparations by any other name.
It’s more important to throw money to ACORN than to keep our defenses up!!
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