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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the Defense Budget Cuts in 2003 with particular attention to the building of the Raptor. Should a less costly version be built? This is the crux of the issue in this analysis that compares the F-22 to the F-35 designs. Annotated bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: RT13_SA314cut.rtf
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That said, top Air Force and aerospace industry officials explained late in 2002 that the near-term replacements for the EC-130 Compass Call and EA-6B Prowler will be done through a
combination of the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and MC2A aircraft (Fulghum, 2002). However, while the three planes are lumped together they are each very different. Again, while the
F-22 is a well made craft, there are problems and much comes down to dollars and cents. A solution to budgetary concerns is to cut the current numbers of
F-22 Raptors in favor of boosting funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. Of course, nothing is set in stone. However, the primary defense budget should be discussed before
going on to explore the fate of the Raptor. The military outlay is $371 billion (Leavitt, 2003, p.PG) but that does not include added expenses of the
continuing war in Afghanistan nor fighting the war in Iraq. Service personnel are expected to get pay increases of 2%-5.3%, dependent upon rank and length of service (2003). The
largest increase in the budget is 2.7%, and that would go to building ships (2003). Special forces would receive a 1.5% increase, and missile-defense programs and spending on unmanned
aerial vehicles would get increases as well (2003). Funding would continue for the three fighter-jet programs that had been vulnerable to cancellation which includes the Air Force F/A-22 Raptor
and the Joint Strike Fighter to the tune of $4.4 billion (2003, p.PG). Again, if a proposal to phase out the F-22 Raptor or at least reduce the production and
replace them with the F-35 is a good idea, how would it play politically? First, a look at the F-22 is in order. This stealth fighter had been
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