USAF To Drop ‘A’ From F/A-22 Raptor

[ORAC]

DefenseNews: USAF To Drop ‘A’ From F/A-22 Raptor (http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1409030&C=america)

........Thompson said Air Force officials were feeling a “little expansive” after the Raptor survived attacks during the QDR debates; they decided they didn’t need the extra “A” to persuade the administration and Congress to buy the airplane. :hmm:

[Jackonicko]

It also avoids the "If you are getting F/A-22 bombers, why do you need so many JSFs?" question

[JamesTigris]

And there was me wracking my brains as hard as I could to work out what on earth an "A" was and why the US Air Force would wand to drop one out of an F-22.

D'Oh!

[Verbal Aptitude Failed]

[Gainesy]

So now its the Rptor?

[Onan the Clumsy]

I think this refers to the improved radios when they tested this aircraft with the City of Hull (VR) squadron.

Apparently the original avionics were so bad, that the pilot answered every transmission with "Ay? What were that cock?"