The U.S. Air Force Can’t Ever Build New F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters

The U.S. Air Force Can’t Ever Build New F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters

Summary and Key Points: The F-22 Raptor may still be America’s premier air-superiority fighter, but keeping it airborne has become brutally expensive. -With production long shut down, there’s no economy of scale, spare parts are harder to source, and sustaining a small fleet drives costs upward. -Estimates cited here put the program’s per-jet price around […] The post The U.S. Air Force Can’t Ever Build New F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters appeared …