Cc Velu :: F-22 Assembly Line Fades Into History

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[color=#000000][font=arial,]There are now four active fighter assembly lines in the US, one less than a few hours ago.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=arial,]Lockheed Martin confirms that F-22 tail number 4195 rolled off the assembly line earlier this morning. The last of the 185 operational F-22s has now moved to the flight line, with final delivery to the US Air Force early in the second quarter. [/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=arial,]The closure of the F-22 assembly line caps a painful year for the programme. In January, the investigation of a mysterious F-22 crash last November in Alaska was just beginning. Pacific Air Forces Command still has not released the report by the accident investigation board. The F-22 was withheld from operations in Libya. Concerns about onboard oxygen generating system also prompted two fleet-wide groundings during the year, and the cause of the problem is still unknown.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=arial,]Lockheed rolled out F-22 tail number 4001 in April 1997, the first of nine flight test aircraft. Development delays and cost overruns forced the USAF to reduce the original 750-aircraft programme to about 330 by 2000. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumseld trimmed the final number in 2006 to 187, and two aircraft have since been lost to crashes.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=arial,](Photo by Lockheed Martin) [/font][/color]

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[PMREDDY19]

inka 185 F-22s unnayi ithey USAF daggara...

[Nadimitla Abbulu]

nenu kuda ide chaduvutunna baa

[Nadimitla Abbulu]

[quote name='PMR aka OM' timestamp='1325520292' post='1301230516']
inka 185 F-22s unnayi ithey USAF daggara...
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4000+ f35s ki order flan sesaru around $300b+ tho
kani avi kuda shelf ekkutunnayi