Originally Posted by
Basil
Wiki says there isn't a carrier version of the F-22 and there's also an export ban.
Indeed there is, which makes that fighter pilot's glib recommendation dead on arrival, no matter the cost of the pig. What I might suggest to that fighter jock is that ... the F-35 is your date to the dance, learn how to dance with her.
EDIT:
Weird letters appeared, now removed.