Joey D
Ever since the F-35 contract was awarded I see zero reason to keep building F-22. The F-35 is better is just about every way and will more or less outdate the F-22 once it enters service.
The F-35 is still a more advanced plane
Not really. They do not serve the same roles, so the comparison is apples to oranges. For this reason, to imply that the F-35 even has the capability to replace the F-22 is a fallacy. Furthermore, it is the F-22 that is the more advanced plane, not the F-35; so to imply that it
should do so is an even larger one.
I do, however, agree. We honestly don't need it at this immediate moment, especially not with the government already spending money like water. But in the next five to ten years we drastically need to start replacing the F-15C before they start dropping out of the skies. The F-35 wasn't designed to do so (and it
shouldn't be used to do so regardless considering we will be exporting them). The F-22 was. The main problem I see with the F-22 is the cost, which I would hope would come down.
Speedy Samurai
The F-22 is an older machine that is not needed.
Age has nothing to do with anything. Its only 10 years older and its more advanced regardless.
Speedy Samurai
Building machines that you don't need just to keep jobs is not a wise decision.
So cut one of the dozens of frivolous government contracts that literally accomplish nothing other than keeping people employed. I'd rather the U.S. government build things to keep jobs that makes the military stronger than build things to keep jobs just for the sake of keeping jobs.
Speedy Samurai
So why hasn't the mighty F-22 been used in Iraq or Afghanistan?
Do you use a rifle to turn on your TV? No, you use your remote.
The F-22 entered production about 15 years too late to be of any use in Iraq, and
never would have had any use in Afghanistan. Implying that the F-22 is somehow deficient simply because we don't need it in current conflicts shows a gross misunderstanding of the purpose behind its development.