Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has slashed the Air Force's No. 1 modernization program by more than half in a pre-Christmas budget adjustment that trims the F/A-22 Raptor program from 277 aircraft to 180 aircraft and ends funding in four years. "After 2009 there is no money in the program," said a source with knowledge of the decision. Shrinking the total size of the $72 billion program could double the unit cost of the stealthy aircraft, currently at $258 million a...
