Wow, we are being invaded

[Madman]

I thought the US wouldn't sell the F22 to anyone - keep it a US only aircraft.

Although, with the rising cost of it, they may be forced to sell it to some allies.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Madman

I thought the US wouldn't sell the F22 to anyone - keep it a US only aircraft.

Although, with the rising cost of it, they may be forced to sell it to some allies.

Yeah, I do believe they're not selling the model version at all.

Too bad, cause its a hell of a plane.

[CaptainCrunch]

The F22 is a not for resale plane, and there aren't a lot of countries that could afford it and have the level of pilots required to fly it At one time they were going to build a F22 naval variant, but they found that it was too heavy and wasn't really built for carrier operations in terms of take offs and landings. I expect that the American's will find a way to afford the F22 though.

There was rumors of a scaled down version with less stealthy materials and scaled down electronics for export but that was killed off as well as even a scaled down f22 would beat down some of the American's older inventory like the F18 and the F16