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USAF Proposed Retirement of 32 Block 20 F-22s Accounts for More Than $400 Million in Service’s $2.3 Billion NGAD Request

USAF Proposed Retirement of 32 Block 20 F-22s Accounts for More Than $400 Million in Service’s $2.3 Billion NGAD Request
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, taxis after landing during Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 at Tinian International Airport, Northern Mariana Islands on March 1 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force's renewed request to retire the 32 Block 20 F-22 fighters accounts for more than $400 million of the service's $2.3 billion request in fiscal 2024 for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. "We maintain our position from the FY 23 budget, and that is that the Block 20 F-22s are not combat representative and we again propose to divest them," Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Moore, the service's deputy chief of staff for plans and…

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