Report: Air Force Should Kill F-22A, Scale Back F-35 Production

By Marcus Weisgerber / December 9, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force should halt its F-22A Raptor production and scale back planned F-35 Joint Strike Fighter buys in future defense budgets and instead focus on building more sophisticated unmanned aircraft, according to a report released today by a Washington think tank. In the coming years, the service should shift away from manned fighter and bomber aircraft and instead put money into unmanned combat aerial vehicle research (UCAV), development and procurement, the Center for National Policy defense report titled: "Agility...

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