The Defense Department's top weapons buyer wants the Air Force to invest service dollars into bolstering the capabilities of its projected F-22A fleet, rather than use those funds to expand the Raptor production line. Senior blue-suited officials have argued the air service could transition funds in its fiscal year 2009 budget plan tagged to shut down the F-22A line into additional Raptor buys. The Air Force has $116 million set aside in the FY-09 blueprint to shutter the fighter's production...
