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The United States Central Command announces that US Air Force F-22 fighter jets arrived to CENTCOM’s area of responsibility today, “as part of US force posture changes in the region and to address threats posed by Iran and Iranian-backed groups.” The US has been deploying fighter jets and other assets to the Middle East as tensions are high amid an anticipated Iranian and Hezbollah attack on Israel U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 8 as part of U.S. force posture changes in the region and to address threats posed by Iran...

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Congress will fund at least 20 more Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) F-22 fighter jets despite Obama administration plans to cap production at 187, the chairman of a House of Representatives panel with Air Force oversight responsibilities said on Thursday. "You've got to do 20 more of these" as a bridging strategy while the administration mulls longer-range strategic issues, said Rep. Neil Abercrombie, a Hawaii Democrat who heads the House Air-Land subcommittee. He made the remarks to a group of reporters. On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee voted narrowly to add $369 million in funding to...

The United States would be inclined to allow the sale of advanced stealth F-22 fighter jets to the Israeli Air Force if the State of Israel's security was in jeopardy, former US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen told The Jerusalem Post Thursday night. F-22 Raptor