unfortunately bringing a modern aircraft facility back up to speed in a short time would cost billions. also new builds would need re-testing, it would take a few years (without a war) to get new aircraft onto the flight line

The f-22 was killed off because the US administration wouldn’t export it to key allies like England, Japan and Australia.
but the f-35 was joint funded and still allied air forces will be given less stealthy versions.
The cost overruns only make US firms more money because of the support costs of increasingly of…