Shouldn't the purchase of the F/A-22s wait until they have been tested?

"Henry J. Cobb" wrote in message
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http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/wood021204.html
The Air Force has spent $32 billion on its new F-22 supersonic stealth
fighter. Twenty aircraft have come off the production line and
hundreds more are planned.
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But rigorous, independent field testing -- to find out if the F-22
actually works -- hasn't yet begun.


Who do you plan on being the 'independent' tester ?

The Russian Air Force perhaps ?

So why not pause production for a few years until the testing is
complete?


Because rigorous testing is worthless unless its done on production
aircraft, the F-22 is in low rate initial production so just that can
happen.

Keith