John,
I take it that's why people are keen on things like F-18 & 16's, spiffing as long as there ARE large numbers of well equipped versions of those !
I do think the F-22 was produced in too low a number, which looks like being repeated with the F-35; a spectacular example of this sort of thing being the UK Type 45 Destroyer ( seems like a cruiser to me but still, the 'Through Deck Cruisers' looked remarkably like Aircraft Carriers! ) - 12 ordered, cut to 6 delivered at twice the price.
I rather doubt we could actually have got 12 for the same price, but I really hope someone without an agenda actually bothered to find out...