Why did the US stop making F-22?

The F-22 was canceled because America didn’t need a stealth air-superiority fighter for the War on Terror. The Air Force originally intended to purchase 750 F-22s to develop a robust fleet of stealth interceptors for the 21st century.

How much is a military jet?

In a vacuum, the F-35A, the Air Force’s version of the jet, costs $78 million. That’s actually not a bad price for the jet; when adjusted for inflation, it’s relatively close to the original quoted cost of $50 million.

What really happened to the F-22?

Air Force Magazine was first to report on the revelations from the General’s new book “Journey: Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff,” which also includes much more detail about how exactly the fight for the F-22 was lost, as well as how the battle to re-launch a Next Generation Bomber program was eventually won.

How many F-22s can we get by with?

Schwartz, in an attempt to see if a reduced F-22 production number would be palatable to the Defense Secretary, executed an independent assessment that ended up stating 243 F-22s was the absolute minimum the force could get by with. But Gates balked at that number as well.

Why did Bill Gates want to get rid of the F-22?

Air Force Magazine backs up this train of thought as well, stating: Gates, in his own memoir, “Duty,” argued that the F-22 was useless in the Afghanistan and Iraq counterinsurgencies, was a Cold War relic, and that a Chinese stealth fighter wouldn’t be along until the 2020s, so nothing would be lost by killing it.

Is the F-22 Raptor the world’s best fighter?

The F-22 Raptor is the world’s best fighter, but was its competitor even better? In 1991, the U.S. Air Force staged a competition with far-reaching consequences. It was ta fly-off between the Lockheed YF-22 and Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 demonstration fighters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVyLgChSZOI