Should have kept the F22 in production.
The F15 is a great plane but lacks the stealth and is expensive to maintain.
I don’t think stealth is as important as joint force operations are....stealth, as my understanding, was for a Cold War going hot...even though Syria has top notch radar now from Russia...should those systems fall into even worst hands...that’s when joint strike forces are the best...maybe the F-22 or F-35 can handle it ...or even the F-117, which is more of a bomber than a fighter...
F-15’s might be expensive - but having 2 guys sitting there working the issue out - IMHO - is better than this F-35..but yes, F-22 should have stayed...
Is the F-35 going to be less expensive to maintain? All of our eggs are in one basket with this aircraft, it has had significant delays and cost over runs. I hope for our kids sake that the wizards of smart at DOD and Lockheed Martin got it right and did not blow billions of dollars and decades on this thing. I unfortunately do not have a great deal of confidence that they did.