We loved you once, but let’s face it: you were just too high maintenance for a long term relationship to ever last.
Gates recommended capping purchases of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-22 fighter jets at 187 and canceling the company’s VH- 71 presidential helicopter, while planning to buy 30 of the company’s next generation F-35 warplane in the 2010 budget compared with 14 this year. […]
The F-22, conceived at the height of the Cold War to take on the Soviet Union, was the focus of a lobbying campaign as Lockheed and its subcontractors said halting production at the 183 already on order could jeopardize 95,000 jobs in 44 states. At $354 million in inflation-adjusted dollars including research and development costs, it is the most expensive fighter in U.S. history.
Why does Robert Gates hate America (sniff)?
