US DoD Releases Additional F-22 Funding - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Nov 08
  

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  • The US Department of Defense has released funding to build an additional four F-22 Raptor fighter jets beyond the 183 already  purchased.

  • US lawmakers have called on the Pentagon to release USD140 million in advanced procurement funds that have already been appropriated  to pave the way for the purchase of an additional 20 F-22s. 

     

    They - along with some US Air Force (<script language="JavaScript1.2"> <!--  //returns 1 if the host on the link and the document are the same  function is_same_host( anchor, doc )  {  var is_same = true;  return is_same;  } // --> </script>  USAF) officials - have argued that failing to robustly fund the F-22 would lead to the  shut-down of the world's only fully operational fifth-generation fighter production line. 

     

    However, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Pentagon officials have until now resisted efforts to fund the F-22 beyond  the 183 already purchased, preferring to focus funding on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. 
  • Young is meeting both sides half way by keeping the line open in the short term but leaving long-term decisions about F-22  production to the next administration.

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