Will the U.S. really discontinue the F 22

It has been discontinued. The main thing is not that there is no money, the F22A is really mass-produced ** completely acceptable for the United States, the point is that its overly advanced performance makes many congressmen think that there is no need to spend money on equipping such things, anyway, the US Air Force still despises the air forces of other countries.

No, it took so much effort, so much money and time to get something out, how can it be discontinued after making so little, as long as the form changes, as long as it is needed, F22 can be produced in rows like beer bottles on the assembly line.

Joke. The F-22 was discontinued. Who will take its place? f-35?

The F-22 is an advanced fighter. Its purpose is to deter enemy fighters. And their nerves.

It cannot be said that it was discontinued. It can only be said that it was made, not as much as it is now. 20 will be built this year. I'm going to build 15 next year.

At the end of the day, I only built one a year. When it's time to fight such a strong enemy as Russia. I have no problem building 5,000 at once. It's called being silent. Kill invisibly.

Production was discontinued after 187 units.

The F22 cost is too high. Now it's another financial crisis. Besides, F22 really can't find an opponent, and it's useless to build it. Without F22, the U.S. military would still be the first in the world.

No matter when it stops, it's only easy for him to start production again, because the technology is in their hands.

Unless a fighter that is really newer than the F22 is developed.

under the economic crisis; Due to the high cost of raw materials; Of course it was discontinued!

Yes, because it's out of production now, just wait for the F35

Whether it is or not, but if China cuts off its rare earth exports to the United States, F22 will have to be forced to stop production!

In the future, it will all be drones, will the era of the Terminator be far away?

Whatever I do, let them make it.

The F22 was discontinued because it was absolutely ahead and could meet the operational requirements of the U.S. military, plus the cost and maintenance were expensive.

Use the cheaper F35 as the main fighter, gradually replacing the current F16, F18.

<> the last F-22 fighter jet to roll off the assembly line on December 13, 2011.

After the last F-22 fighter rolled off the assembly line at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base on December 13, 2011, the United States shut down the F-22 fighter production line, with a total production of 195 aircraft, including 8 test aircraft and 187 production aircraft. In addition, after the F-22 fighter entered service on December 15, 2005, the United States also crashed one fighter in 2009, 2010 and 2012 due to training and technical problems.

F-22 fighter.

It should also be noted that not all F-22 fighters in service can be deployed in actual combat, and about 36 of these combat systems are still in the Block 20 stage and are used for training purposes. Although the Block 20 also has "full combat capability" compared to the later "full-fledged" Block 30 35, under normal circumstances, these 36 aircraft will not be used for combat readiness duty. Therefore, excluding training and crashes, the number of remaining F-22 fighters is only more than 140, which is only "just enough" for the US military that needs to be deployed globally, and it is impossible to export.

F-35A fighter.

In addition, because the F-35 fighter has just entered the mass production stage, although the total production has exceeded the F-22, the number of Block 3F versions with "complete combat capability" is not much, and the F-35 fighter is not designed to pay too much attention to "air superiority" like the F-22 fighter, and the APG-81 radar transmission power it carries is not as good as the APG-77 of the F-22, and the F-22 is still the main fighter of the US military in terms of seizing air supremacy.

J-20 fighter.

In addition, with the gradual entry into service of the fifth-generation heavy fighters of China and Russia, the stealth advantage of the US military has been "contained", and the US military's dependence on F-22 fighters will also increase again. As for the news of the resumption of production of F-22 fighters from the outside world, it is almost impossible on the whole, because, judging from the research and development background of F-22, it is debatable whether it still has sufficient room for upgrades and modifications, and if it resumes production as it is, it will inevitably lag behind J-20 and Su-57; However, if a "major change" is made, whether it is still cost-effective needs to be carefully considered.

After this time, restarting F-22 production can only be seen as a delay in next-generation replacement, a measure to take a step back to reduce the capability gap, and the restart of the production line itself will also cost money, the loss of production skills, and the ** chain will not exist, the initial cost will be high, and the longer you wait, the more expensive it will be, and it may not be much cheaper than a brand new replacement. If possible, the most likely scenario to start a restart is World War III or the Second Cold War.

A certain degree of common aircraft among the three services is important for cost savings, but the F-35 is not a replacement for the F-22, but a complement to each other. Realistically, the USAF has been hit by a single digit number after the Gulf War, and in recent Libya there have not even been planes in the sky. It is not unreasonable to reduce the size of the F-15 fleet relative to the F-22 era (the F-15 itself will be used beyond 2020), on the other hand the F-35 is quite close to the 16 F-18 F A-1:

1 number replacement (don't forget that both the F-16 and the F A-18 were bought with the budget of the Cold War class), so although the structure of the force may change, the capabilities are not reduced. And a strategically critical high-priority priority like the LRS-B is still well protected.

If the F-22 has any chance of resurrection, it should be the "F-22E.""and so on appeared in the form of sheep's head dog meat, riding between 5 and 6 generations. Recent technological advances, from mission systems to structures, such as the F-35, have a lot to offer. Legend has it that Boeing is developing a new skinning process for the wing part for which it is responsible, and it is possible that LM also has its own research.

Of course, these are just to give the Air Force some options, and it is too optimistic to say that there will be some results, and the final decision is still up to the Air Force.

The F-22 was too expensive, so the more than 600 planes that the US military originally planned to purchase had to be reduced to 187 and its production line was closed. But this time, when the United States ****, Romney proposed to reopen the production line of the F-22. I think it is unlikely to be reopened, it is too expensive is one aspect, and now the focus of the US military is to upgrade the existing F-22, improve its technology to reduce the failure rate, and let its strength upgrade is the focus of the US military in the F-22 now.

Probably if a large-scale war breaks out!