Restarting F-22 maybe isn't as far fetched as we're thinking?
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o...t.aspx?ID=2202
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III said May 26 that reopening the F-22 manufacturing line was within the realm of possibility, and that it may cost less than developing a sixth-generation fighter.
Welsh said he has not seen results from that cost analysis yet. A timeline of when the cost analysis will be complete was not immediately available. The Rand Corp. estimated in a 2010 report that it would cost over $500 million in 2008 dollars to restart production.
$500 million? What's that, the cost of 3 or 4 F-35s?