[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Correction:There are 168 F-22 planes as of October 2010.The projected plan is 187 planes.

[buccaneer81]

I thought they had already reached the end of production. If not, I wonder if they’ll replace the three losses we have suffered.

[Kenny Bunk]

..... 168 F-22 planes as of October 2010. The projected plan is 187 planes....

Thanks for the reassuring info. I am not so reassured about the B-2 numbers.

I am old enough to always recall that thousands of crude T-34 tanks overwhelmed hundreds of super-high quality, high-performance, high firepower NAZI tanks. So I always fear an aerial version of same when going up against the CHICOM, or Russkis.

As far as close support aircraft are concerned, do we want 1 F-35 an hour away, or 25 A-10s on instant call ... or 50 helicopters?