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US Senate committee asks to build new F-22s

Washington, USA - The battle for survival of this fighter continues

Following the House of Representatives, also the US Senate Armed Services Committee voted (13-11) a bill to insert in the military budget for 2010 a $1.75 billion funding for the production of seven more Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor fighters. The Senate's decision came yesterday after the White House had threatened to place a veto on any proposal for 2010 that would include funding for the production...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106388
Rome, Italy, 06/26/2009 11:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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