Air Force Wants Fewer F-22 Jets -- The Atlanta Constitution
WASHINGTON — A top Air Force official said Tuesday that the service is cutting back on plans to buy more F-22 Raptor fighter jets, a move that means the production line where Lockheed Martin makes the expensive planes could be a step closer to closing.
The Air Force is under contract to buy at least 183 F-22s from Lockheed and has said it would like 381. But Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz told a defense writers group that the service is likely to buy “less than 381.” He would not say how many more the service will buy, but said he would not disagree with an earlier statement from Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that it may need only 60 more F-22s.
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