"… percent of programs cost far more than initial estimates. The cost of each F-22 Raptor airplane, for instance, has almost tripled, from $139 million to $4 …"

"… g, where he led an early effort to eliminate funding for the Air Force’s F-22 jet and shepherded increasingly controversial spending for the war in Iraq …"

"… paring the Pentagon’s war against the JSF second engine to last year’s F-22 fighter cancellation. But unlike the battle over the F-22, the main compan …"

"… to last year’s F-22 fighter cancellation. But unlike the battle over the F-22, the main companies affected by a potential cut – GE and Rolls Royce – …"

"… – are putting up a fight. Lockheed Martin Corp. ceased lobbying for the F-22 by April 2009; Lockheed is the maker of the Joint Strike Fighter as well.T …"

"… pons cuts are taking a different view of the JSF engine.In the case of the F-22, intense lobbying by Gates, the White House, and influential Senate Armed …"

"… rrow 31-30 vote on Wednesday, the committee authorized spending for 12 new F-22 Raptors. These new planes, if approved by additional congressional panels, …"

"… t Gates announced in April.Lockheed Martin, the lead contractor making the F-22, spent almost $6.5 million lobbying Congress and the executive branch in t …"

"… advice that I got was that there is no military requirement for numbers of F-22s beyond the 187,” Gates said.Weeks after Gates’ announcement, a top Lo …"

"… a conference call with investors that the company stopped lobbying for the F-22. Lobbying disclosures for April, May and June won’t be out until July 20 …"

"… bama administration ordered cancellation of an advanced fighter called the F-22 after its costs ballooned and it began to suffer technological and mainten …"

"… non-stealthy B-1s and B-52s are too vulnerable, and fighters including the F-22 lack the range to hit Chinese targets from secure U.S. bases. But some ex …"

"… pokesman announced May 15 that Panetta has ordered all F-22 flights to be restrained within a “proximate distance” of an airfield …"

"… officials told reporters a few weeks ago that they had deployed F-22 fighter jets in the Middle East for the first time, it was downplayed as � …"

"… was downplayed as “a very normal deployment.” But when it comes to the F-22, there’s very little “normal” about it.Gen. Mike Hostage, commander …"

"… sed on the jet’s history, the pilots’ reaction isn’t surprising. The F-22’s record is one of breakdowns and planning bad enough to require another …"

"… ment watchdogs, most recently for its work on the problem-plagued F-35 and F-22 jet fighters. The Center wrote in June about the latest of those troubles, …"

"… d. "All of that died in 2007." …"

"… aratus led the experts to suspect flaws in the oxygen-supply system of the F-22 Raptor, especially in extreme high-altitude conditions. They formed a work …"

"… sed opportunity for the Air Force to improve pilot safety in the 187-plane F-22 fleet before a series of high-profile problems damaged the image of the ai …"

"… ring and the aircraft has never been used in combat.The Air Force says the F-22 is safe to fly — a dozen of the jets began a six-month deployment to Jap …"

"… work be done by the end of this month. …"

"… oxygen systems originally installed in the Air Force’s state-of-the-art F-22’s, which have been criticized by some as models of costly, goldplated we …"

"… eport states that the Air Force has records of at least 25 incidents where F-22 pilots reported hypoxia-like symptoms in flight, possibly due to oxygen de …"

"… with its oxygen system are not the only ones it has faced. Since the first F-22 rolled off the assembly line in 2003, it has suffered at least six acciden …"