The F-35

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I think both the F-22 and the F-35 programs should be cancelled. We could then use the money to fund science education in this country that will educate the next generation of scientists who can actually build a plane that works!

F-22 production ended in 2011. A total of 195 aircraft including 8 test aircraft. Some small number of crashes have since reduced the number of operational aircraft to something less than 187. That really is not a lot of aircraft considering this is the plane expected to maintain US air superiority for another 50 years or so.

The F-35 was a poor idea from inception. Planned to be a jack of all trades it excels at none. We probably would have been better off with completely different aircraft for the various tasks. I doubt if that would have been any less expensive though.