The Air Force's premier fighter jet is plagued by mediocre mission-capability rates and needs more than $8 billion in improvements to bring the first 100 F-22A Raptors up to their originally mandated requirements, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer said this morning. Pentagon acquisition chief John Young pulled no punches when describing the Air Force's F-22A to a group of reporters at a breakfast in Washington this morning. His comments come a time when Air Force officials are preparing to make...
