Shouldn't the purchase of the F/A-22s wait until they have been tested?

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:10:54 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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Scott Ferrin wrote:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:09:49 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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Georgia pork

Explain how the airforce wanting the aircraft is "pork".

Any airframe that Tarver can't make any money off of is, apparently,
evil.

The USAF was so hot to contract an a fighter from Lockheed that they
selected a design that would not even fly.


For once you have a good point but honestly I think it had more to do
with they knew Lockheed and Northrop could deliver stealth.

GD had the Ft Worth line.
Northrop had the B-2.
McDonnell had the F-15 and the F-18.

The Military Industrial complex needed another player.

GD's
didn't appear to be particularly stealthy with that huge vertical tail
and Boeing. . .well, was Boeing. If they'd wanted Pork I'd think
they'd have chosen GD's design and built theirs in Texas.

GD already had a fighter in production.

Bush senior
was VP at the time of the down-selecting to two designs. However you
boil it down though why would the USAF be hot to buy from Lockheed
over the tried and proven McDonnell Douglas team?

See above.