"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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This latest leaked memo seems to follow Rumsfeld's pattern of accusing
systems of not being transformational enough.

http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/da-040305-fa22.html
A document recently leaked showed that the White House had instructed
the Pentagon to conduct a review of the F/A-22 and the Comanche
helicopter (a copy can be viewed at
http://www.pogo.org/m/dp/dp-ombfa22-2004.pdf).

If I was a spin doctor working for The Force, I'd make a quick name
change to F-22 and A-35 and then have Jumper say "Gosh Senator, without
the F-22 to clear the way, what would be the point of building A-35
tactical bombers?"

"The new GAO report released today documents that the Air Force will only be
able to purchase 218 aircraft, down from the previous estimate of 276. This
would put the per unit purchase price of the F/A-22 at $329 million,
according to calculations by the Project On Government Oversight. However,
this assumes there will be no more funding increases to the program. In
April, 2003 the GAO had testified that per unit costs of the F/A-22 were
$257 million."

Looks like my amortization estimates were a tad low; like the USAF's.