F-35 Trumps F/A-22 In Latest Defense Department Budget Battle

Posted at: Wed Jan 5th, 2005

The Defense Department has rebuffed an Air Force proposal to cut the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, opting instead to slash the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor, which DOD leaders see as less transformational than JSF, according to sources and documents.