By Michael Sirak Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne said last week the Air Force would like to buy an additional 20 F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets on top of the current 183-aircraft program of record. "Right now what I have asked to do is at least bridge over 'til we actually have a working fifth-generation F-35 line and at least allow me to get 20 additional F-22s," the secretary told the House Armed Services Committee during testimony Oct.…
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