By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers are supporting the Air Force's position that it needs 20 more F-22 Raptor stealth fighter aircraft, urging the service to extend its current multiyear contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Language in the conference report on the FY '08 Defense Appropriations Bill suggests that the service pull $526 million in fiscal year 2009 funding intended to shut down the jet's production line and apply that to the purchase of specialty metals for an additional 20 planes. If…
Appropriations Report Would Put Air Force On Track To Buy More F-22s
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