[diogenes ghost]

Oh fer crissakes, name another fighter that has more than one engine model.

[JRandomFreeper]

F-15, F-16 both have Pratt and GE engines. I'm not supporting another engine for the F-35, but there is a history of multiple engines for fighters. And bombers. To be pedantic.

But that was generally after the golden era of aircraft procurement, when we got value for the gold we spent.

/johnny

[Blogger]

Name another fighter that will represent this big of a piece of the pie. Name another fighter that, along with the F-22, will represent 90% of our entire flying force. You’ve paid for this thing for 15 years. You’re okay with just chucking that money aside, chucking the manufacturing know-how and jobs aside, and giving a monopoly on a $100 Billion contract to a company that is already well overspent? Again, it doesn’t make sense. Penny wise, pound foolish.