The FB-22 has been renamed the F/A 22. All the same aircraft though.
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a decision to dramatically cut total plane orders to possibly 200 from 400.

Originally posted by barba007
The FB-22 has been renamed the F/A 22. All the same aircraft though.
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a decision to dramatically cut total plane orders to possibly 200 from 400.

A little link may be ?

i didn't know there was a fighter-bomber version in the works, i figured they would do a conversion later like they always do

Well they originally had the F-22 ready to replace the
F-15 though the cost approx. $100 mill a pop so they have limited production of this aircraft. The FB-22 is a more viable option for the US airforce as these are state of the art, latest edition fighter bomber, The best. At very little cost they can convert the F-22 to a FB-22 and now the F/A 22.
Also did you know that the US Airforce has only 21 F-2 Bombers in its fleet, cut down from an order of more that 120!
The F/A 22 would be a nice and again Viable option for the US Airforce to fill in the gap.

Listen Mad, the only reason for any F/A 22(FB-22) being built always comes down to money.
Would you buy 4 JSF or 1 F-22?
That's what it comes down to. 1 JSF like you would already know costs approx. $25mill US.
Money talks my friend!!

Sure, price does come into the equation. However when building a bomber you want a decent payload and range. As the FB-22 is a stealth aircraft, it's payload has to be carried internally. With todays weapons, that payload would be realatively small and much less effective.
However, because of the advent of mini munitions, the F-22 has become viable as a bomber.

For us this is logical, though tell the US Government!
I damb well hope they bring the F/A 22 into full production, though I'm being very logical about how Governments think.
I'm Australian though I know well enough that if Bush has to be Re-elected he has to clean his budget up. He is spending far too much money already on Defence, he WILL cut down on spending.

Can you tell me where the hell there going to find ANOTHER $25 Billion Tax payer dollars??

The F-22 sucks!! The YF-23 was a waaayyy better plane and it should have been the one to get the Govt's contract.

Just my humble opinion.

Find the monet and you have the planes.

HOWEVER.
We all know the F-22 is a computer with wings ()
Would it be possible for an experienced hacker to hack into the F-22's computer and # it up?

LOL

Far easier than hacking *every* F/A-22, is hacking Wall Street!

...and far more effective: erase all cotizations, and the USA (and probably more countries as well) will remind 1929 Great Crack as a walk in the park in comparison.

LETS DO IT!!!