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c'mon man by irishrock

the thread started with the F-14 Tomcat and you jumble it up with a bunch of facts when I'm just going with the legend. John Wayne, "if you've got facts and you've got legends...always go with the legend" (or something like that)

Amazing you worked on the F-22. I was stating what I was told but you have a WAY more educated view on the difference between the two planes. I know the F-22 has been pretty remarkable in way of consistent efficiency with regards to maintenance and availability. I hope it keeps to form. I do know the Lockheed guy was pretty excited because they original contract was for some 775 planes and yet (for budget reasons) the Air Force ended up with only 179 (or so) planes. I wish we had more...but I also wish we had 50 aircraft carriers instead of only 12 (I'm in KC and I wish we had an aircraft carrier at the Lake of the Ozarks...not practical, but f yeah...America)