Thanks for your excellent article on Gen. John D. W. Corley, [then] commander of Air Combat Command, and his excellent written response tornCongress that the end of the F-22 production line at 187 fighters "puts execution of our current national military strategy at high risk in the near- to mid-term" ["Washington Watch: Corley and the Culture Warriors,"August, p. 8]. As a rated USAF officer having worked on the F-15 Electronic Warfare (EW) air superiority program at Eglin AFB, Fla., I know and understand that the cutoff of the F-22 fighter at 187 aircraft spells doom for this program from the beginning. It should be obvious to any air advocate that 187 fighters of any type are unsustainable in the out-years and will quickly become a token force due to the inability to project the nation's airsuperiority mission worldwide.
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