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To: Red Badger
Whatever happened to the F22?...................

Only took two posts, not bad.

Probaby threw away the dies...

5.56mm

5 posted on 11/20/2015 10:32:00 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

One recently retired Air Force official with direct knowledge about the service’s efforts to repair two damaged Raptors said that they faced severe difficulties with retrieving the correct tooling. In one example, Air Force maintainers needed to build a particular component from scratch to replace a severely damaged part for an F-22. The crews went into the Conex boxes where the tooling and instructions to build the part were allegedly stored, but to their considerable surprise and aggravation, the container was empty. The same pattern repeated itself several times—and as of the last time the source checked-the issue remains unresolved. The bottom line is that even if the Air Force wanted to, it may not be physically possible to restart the line—at least not without a huge additional investment in time and money.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/solution-americas-f-35-nightmare-why-not-build-more-f-22s-13858


7 posted on 11/20/2015 10:36:55 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: M Kehoe

IMHO, the F-22 is superior to the F-35 and the F-15/16 variants................


18 posted on 11/20/2015 11:12:15 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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