U.S. Must Maintain Leadership In Aeronautical Technology With Fifth Generation Fighter Jets F-22 And F-35, Dropping F-22 Would Be The Biggest Blunder In Military History -- Defense Technology
When Lt. Col. Lance Pilch climbs into his F-22 fighter jet, he is confident that he's about to fly the most advanced, fastest and stealthiest thing in the air. He boasts that to even compare his fighter to the workhorses of the Air Force, the battleworn F-15s and F-16s, is unfair.
"People often forget, the F-16 and F-15 are 30-plus-year-old aircraft," he said, as several of the dull gray fighters in his 12-plane squadron buzzed overhead on their way to training over the Pacific. "You don't drive a 30-year-old car. You trade it in after six or seven years."
But you don't necessarily buy a Ferrari.
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