USAF will fly core F-22 flight envelope before LRIP

Contrary to claims by the General Accounting Office that the first low-rate initial production contract in the F-22 program will be awarded prematurely, the heart of the new fighter's flight envelope will have been proven by December when the contract is to be let, Brig. Gen. Bruce Carlson, director...

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