F-22 breakout

Those who think the USA (and its allies) needs a fighter like the F-22, blame Obama for killing it, but he is merely carrying a political football that Bush carried to just inches from the goal line…

The Bush Administration justified its pro-JSF/anti-F-22 campaign using two items of pure fiction. The first item of fiction is that the F-35 is somehow comparable in capability to the F-22, the second item of fiction that the F-35 is somehow much cheaper than the F-22. There is ample hard evidence that both ideas are at best wishful thinking, which in itself raises important questions about governance function and institutional integrity inside the Bush era Pentagon.

via AU Air Power: Numbers Matter: Strategic Consequences of F-22 Termination

Also:
Top Air Force Officials Alter View on Fighter Jets – NYTimes.com
Michael Donley and Norton Schwartz – Moving Beyond the F-22 – washingtonpost.com