In the event the F-22 is cancelled which would be the best way to go? (Talk about opening a can of worms :-) )

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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1. Would it be possible to completely ****-can the avionics and
software and use the same as is going to be used in the F-35? I mean
IDENTICAL other than the differences to deal with the different flight
characteristics of the F-22?

No idea, really...perhaps it would be possible, but would it save anything?

2. Stuff the latest generation Strike Eagle avionics into an
F-22/F-119 combo as a stopgap until you could do #1? It would
essentially BE a faster, stealthy F-15.

I'm not sure you can just insert F119 to F-15. Very costly anyway. However
if F-22 is canned, some sort of Eagle upgrade is obvious.

3. Can the F-22 entirely which would mean you flushed billions away
and got nothing for it and then buy F-15Ks with AESA APG-63s as a
stopgap until the F-35 is ready?

IF F-35 ever gets ready...and it can't really replace F-22 in any case.
Unless given more money...

4. *shudder* buy "Super"Hornets for the Air Force?

I thought the idea was to get *better* planes than the current inservice
ones?

5. Buy foreign?

Bwuhaha!

I'm on record saying in 1997 or so that cancelling F-22 would be
gigantically stupid because the program is too far advanced. Cancelling it
now would be...well, something.