U.S. Air Force grounds F-35 fighters over cooling line problems

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9. It would cost too much to restart the line

It would take years to get the line and suppliers up including the obsolescence redesigns that are necessary. If they did restart the F-22 line people would immediately start complaining about the cost involved. Plus, the F-22 isn't available for export so you can't get the economies of scale to get the price per unit down. Oh, and Lockheed would have to figure out where to make it, so possible construction to even have a place to build the aircraft.

Though Congress did direct the Air Force to submit a report detailing cost to restart the line, due in January 2017, I believe.

When the F-22 was coming off the line critics called it an overpriced POS and now they love it.