Last year at this time, we had proposed canceling the F-22 fighter jet.
Critics say that the F-22 fighter has vastly exceeded its cost estimates.
For instance, production of the F-22 fighter was prematurely terminated in 2009 even though it meant losing 25, 000 jobs in an already weak economy.
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To cut spending on military hardware or increase it, to build more F-22 fighter planes and aircraft carriers, or spend more on unmanned drones and beefed-up ground forces.
DON'T GROUND THIS HIGHFLIER THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has canceled production of the proposed new F-22 fighter aircraft. (The Senate may try to revive it.) Six of these planes were slated to be built next year.
Don't Ground This High-Flier THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has canceled production of the proposed new F-22 fighter aircraft. (The Senate may try to revive it.) Six of these planes were slated to be built next year.
The defense secretary had used a similar approach in dealing with the Air Force two years earlier, replacing a Secretary and Chief of Staff too committed to the F-22 fighter with new leaders who would not oppose his counter-insurgency-centered spending priorities.
Some of its marquee military aircraft include the F-35 joint strike fighter, F-16 fighter, F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and the C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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Hagel also suggested that the Pentagon's five-year budget plan continues to plan for additional F-22 Raptor fighter jets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the region, along with a fourth fast-attack submarine deployed to Guam.
The Obama Administration has successfully killed the fabulous F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft.
As The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday, the Pentagon has yet to respond to Israel's request to purchase the F-22 stealth fighter.
So he curbed or cancelled more than 30 weapons systems including the army's Future Combat System, the F-22 Stealth fighter, two missile defence systems and the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
The White House expects a major battle with lawmakers from both parties over Defense Secretary Robert Gates's effort to overhaul defense-procurement policies and cut short production on the F-22 advanced fighter jet and the Army's Future Combat System.
This anxiety has most recently resulted in Tokyo's insistence on buying the F-22, America's premier fighter.
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For example, production has been halted on the world's best fighter aircraft, the F-22, well short of abiding Air Force requirements.
The program was halted due to high unit cost of F-22 and delays in Russian and Chinese fifth-generation fighter jet programs.
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F-22 Raptor, the Air Force's most advanced fighter, whose production line will have to begin shutting down if more jets aren't ordered soon.
Final deliveries of the F-22 were completed in the second quarter of 2012, and thereafter the production was halted citing high unit costs for F-22 and delays in Russian and Chinese fifth-generation fighter jets.
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As for the Joint Strike Fighter, it is geared more for ground attacks and is far less sophisticated than the F-22.
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