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Forget the F-47: The Pentagon is betting on the F-22 Raptor for the long haul

For a fraction of the cost of the new NGAD sixth-gen plane, the US Air Force is preparing to keep the F-22 Raptor as the world’s greatest fighter jet until at least 2060.
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The Case for Saving the F-22 Raptor

Clipping the F-22’s wings not only weakens America, but incurs the massive financial and strategic costs involved with canceling the program now and trusting in a sixth-generation warplane later. Yet ...