Although having 250 to 300 F-22 fighters would have been nice in concept. The 187 we have is enough to deal with any threats we will encounter. If you are talking about facing down Russia or China, the only real threats we would absolutely need the F-22 for, the J-20 is not going to be fielded in great numbers. No…

The F-22 can use the drop tanks, empty them of fuel before reaching the threat environment and then will jettison them and return to its stealth profile.

This guy scares me sometimes. What would be the purpose in reactivating Iowa class battleships its worthless and it would just be a big target? At this point the Navy would be best served in increasing Virgina class SSN production or even a new class on diesel sub. Its the subs that will be the most potent weapon the…

These guys don’t get it. We have more than enough F-22’s. At this point 4 F-22’s go up against as much as 20 F-15 or 16 fighters in air to air exercises to give them a “bit” of a challenge. Our tactics, avionics and pilots are superior in every way. An F-15 will still rip any Russian fighter to shreds. Although the…

Although the F-22 is a great fighter and capable of defeating anything in the air today reproduction will never be restarted no matter who becomes President. You have to realize even the F-22 is already 20 years old. The tooling and plans are in shambles and its even hard to repair and maintain the small existing…

Although the F-22 is a great fighter and capable of defeating anything in the air today reproduction will never be restarted no matter who becomes President. You have to realize even the F-22 is already 20 years old. The tooling and plans are in shambles and its even hard to repair and maintain the small existing…