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| The Air Force will hang on to its F-22 tooling |
| 2010-08-02 |
| Excerpt: The Air Force will hang on to its F-22 tooling at Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Ga., production plant even after it stops making the fifth generation fighter jet in 2012, according to Flight International's Stephen Trimble. Though the Air Force has said in the past the goal would be to provide a long-time service plan for the jets, “the decision also implicitly preserves the option to restart production if future administrations decide that the USAF needs more than 186 F-22s,” Trimble writes. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #3 who owns the tooling depends on the contract why on earth would they destroy it to be able to charge the govt if they need to rebuild it and to save storage charges if they don't. Stuff like tools don't store well unless maintained. We ain't talking jigs. And that costs money. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-02 21:43 |
| #2 Something I always wondered, who owns the tooling in this- and similar- cases? This says it´s the AF, but I would think it´s the company, and why on earth would they destroy it, unless the were told to, and what would be the point of that? |
| Posted by: Grunter in Lima 2010-08-02 20:22 |
| #1 Don't count on Bambi allowing this. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-08-02 17:38 |