AirRaid wrote:
I'd advocate an F-22C with:
more powerful, more efficient engines (40,000+ lbs trust each)
IRST, plus the other things that were cut out of the 1980s ATF spec as
the YF-22 was finalized..
improved stealth
larger weapons bay that can hold 8-10 AMRAAMs

Upgrade current F-22A models with as much of the tech that goes into
F-22C as possible.


F-35 is no replacement for F-22
Just like F-16 was no replacement for F-15C, F-15E.


What do you sacrifce to pay for it? THE C-5 upgrade? A New Tanker? THe
V-22? Push back the F35 even further and increased cost? The next Gen
bomber some keep asking for? The grounded F-15 problem? Sorry but Obama
( God help us) does not seem like a big USAF spender. I've yet to hear
him back even one major weapon program. SO what do you give up to get
your F22'S???????