USAF Warns Of Costs, Operational Impacts If Forced To Keep All F-22s

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Credit: U.S. Air Force
DAYTON, Ohio—If Congress blocks the U.S. Air Force’s plan to retire 33 of its oldest F-22s, it will affect plans to field new drones to complement the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter as the service faces the bill to upgrade the Raptors. The service in its fiscal 2023 budget request calls for...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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