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Re: Aircraft Prices.
The Raptor's about US $160 million a pop at present is it? It will be interesting to see what the flyaway cost of a mid production run F-22 Raptor will be. If it's released for sale and comes down to around US $100 million, I'll bet you'll find a few countries looking to procure a squadron or 2 of them... Even a Silver bullet force of 24 or so fighters would provide an air to air combat capability that is second to none... (Apart from the USAF that is).
I've read that fighters like the F-22 or F-35 JSF will probably be employed in smaller sized Squadrons than current generation fighters (NATO standard squadrons use 20 aircraft at present) and will probably employ around 14 fighters per squadron. A squadron or 2 might become affordable for the capability the F-22 would provide under those circumstances...
The Raptor's about US $160 million a pop at present is it? It will be interesting to see what the flyaway cost of a mid production run F-22 Raptor will be. If it's released for sale and comes down to around US $100 million, I'll bet you'll find a few countries looking to procure a squadron or 2 of them... Even a Silver bullet force of 24 or so fighters would provide an air to air combat capability that is second to none... (Apart from the USAF that is).
I've read that fighters like the F-22 or F-35 JSF will probably be employed in smaller sized Squadrons than current generation fighters (NATO standard squadrons use 20 aircraft at present) and will probably employ around 14 fighters per squadron. A squadron or 2 might become affordable for the capability the F-22 would provide under those circumstances...