I know this has been discussed previously; however, with all the talk of a new Cold War and a more aggressive Russia, I deemed that this warranted a new thread.
Back when they finally decided to stop F-22 production, there were certain people that wanted to maintain minimum production to keep the tooling and skills in place. Well that didn't happen. Now going through the news there is all this talk about how we may be entering a new cold war and hey maybe we need more of these fancy planes. In light of these current events, I would like to hear input on that decision of stopping F-22 production by the posters here (such as Chogy, Jimmy, GGTharos and others with more relative experience). In my amateur view, it was a mistake to make it so you can not replace your most capable A2A platform from losses that occur from training, accidents, hostile action, etc. However, I also realize that the media is so darn reactionary and that our air force for now is still a very dangerous force.
As I am splitting time between an 8 month old, a large project, and studying for the PE, I may not be able to post a timely reply. Thanks in advance for your replies.
Back when they finally decided to stop F-22 production, there were certain people that wanted to maintain minimum production to keep the tooling and skills in place. Well that didn't happen. Now going through the news there is all this talk about how we may be entering a new cold war and hey maybe we need more of these fancy planes. In light of these current events, I would like to hear input on that decision of stopping F-22 production by the posters here (such as Chogy, Jimmy, GGTharos and others with more relative experience). In my amateur view, it was a mistake to make it so you can not replace your most capable A2A platform from losses that occur from training, accidents, hostile action, etc. However, I also realize that the media is so darn reactionary and that our air force for now is still a very dangerous force.
As I am splitting time between an 8 month old, a large project, and studying for the PE, I may not be able to post a timely reply. Thanks in advance for your replies.
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