Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet

Sad day, the coolest jet in existence is due to have funding cut so that the F-35 can become the work horse of the US Military. 

Personally I think this is a mistake but when trying to save 1.75 Billion I can understand their reasoning.  In fact the plan was to always have a huge fleet of F-35's to do the dirty work while the F-22's would back them up and command the skies.

The F-15 did this very thing for many years.

Sad part is since we are currently fighting wars with countries without an airforce they all figure we don't need to spend money on planes.

The Senate voted 58 to 40 to strip $1.75 billion for the Lockheed Martin Corp-built planes from a $680 billion defense bill, overriding the objections of lawmakers seeking to protect manufacturing jobs in the midst of a deep recession.

The Senate's vote does not necessarily kill the program, as the House of Representatives included funding for the state-of-the-art fighter in its bill, which sets military spending priorities.

The two chambers must resolve their differences before sending a final bill to the president to sign into law.

Obama has threatened a veto if Congress continues to fund the F-22 beyond the 187 planes already built or in the production pipeline.

I just wish the F-35 looked better, I mean the thing is cool and does some great things but damn it's ugly for a jet.

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