By Jen DiMascio A Defense Department plan could keep the F-22 production line open with a request for the fighter jets in a fiscal year 2009 supplemental budget request, according to the deputy defense secretary. In a Jan. 14 letter to Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), Gordon England said that the request would replace aircraft lost in the war. "If these funds are appropriated, then the F-22 line could be extended beyond the current multiyear," England wrote. The deputy secretary, however,…
England To Keep F-22 Line Alive With Supplemental Funds
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