[Snickering Hound]

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20090224.aspx

It’s only partly the per unit cost, the F-22 is something of a white elephant that is expensive to maintain with shrinking military budgets.

[rmlew]

All you have done is shown why we need more than 183 of these, since we need more than 70 active at any time.

I do think that we should purcahse a few new F-15s (Either E+ or Silent Eagles), maybe some upgraided replacements for C models, and F-16 Block 60/62s. Our current F-15 fleet is almost worn out.