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‘179 F-22’s for the entire Nation...... That’s 3 - 4 aircraft per State!

Come On USA...We can do better than this!! Fund them all!!!’

I couldn’t agree more - you’ve spent all that money developing it, so build them. Britain has more Typhoons to cover a small country that would fit into Texas than the US has Raptors covering the whole US!

Britain is going to have around 220 or so Typhoons. We are going to have 180 or so F-22s PLUS 1800 F-35s. The F-35s could take on (and take out) any aircraft currently deployed in the world (including anything in the US Air Force or Navy) with the possible exception of some of the stuff the Soviets are bringing online (although that's questionable and very much up for debate).

Some of you are really underestimating the F-35s. As a matter of fact, the F-35 has elements of the F-22 (and a few tricks the F-22 doesn't have).