Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I just read an article last week about exporting the F-22.
Agree on the F-35 basically being considered "too big to fail" with so many countries having chosen it for their upgrade aircraft; but we see how that worked with big business - which aircraft manufacturing is.......
USMCFLYR
The argument I am hearing now is that we have too little in the Pacific and unless the Japanese ramp up, we are going to be facing an ever increasing and difficult challenge. The Japanese seem to understand the threat and want the Raptor. The last -15J they got, according to various sites, was in '99. 10 years? Not exactly new little birdies. And nothing on the order board for them that I remember.