High-Priced F-22 Fighter Has Major Shortcomings

Washington Post by R. Jeffrey Smith | Jul. 9, 2009 (News Report)

The United States' top fighter jet, the Lockheed Martin F-22, has recently required more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the skies, pushing its hourly cost of flying to more than $44,000, a far higher figure than for the warplane it replaces, confidential Pentagon test results show. Full Story »

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by Naomi Isler - Jul. 10, 2009

This looks at an often ignored topic - problems with defense department contracts and the armaments produced by them. The article does cite some positive opinion of the plane's performance, but emphasizes its downside(s). The political implications are explored, too.

Is Saxbe Chambliss (who ran that horrible campaign against Max Cleland) one of the senators who thinks health care reform will be too costly??

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