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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:28 AM Nov 2012

Romney’s F-22 dreams died Tuesday

http://defensetech.org/2012/11/07/f-22-fleet-expansion-dreams-die-tuesday/




Romney’s F-22 dreams died Tuesday
by Mike Hoffman on November 7, 2012

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The cost to reopen the production line would come in addition to the per aircraft price tag to manufacture each jet. That per aircraft cost is harder to decipher. When factoring in development and manufacturing, the price tag per jet totaled the U.S. more than $370 million. However, the flyaway cost — the cost of manufacturing one jet — equaled $137 million per jet.
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