"Computer software and cost-control problems that have bedeviled development of the F/A-22 Raptor are all but solved and a squadron of 24 of the radar-dodging warplanes could be operating from Langley Air Force Base in Hampton by the end of 2005, senior Air Force leaders said Wednesday.
A top civilian official and three generals took turns extolling the virtues of the Raptor, telling reporters that test pilots are tossing around terms like ``mouthwatering,'' to describe the F/A-22's supersonic performance.
``The F/A-22 is absolutely the most awesome killing machine I have ever, ever flown. And that's today. It will get better,'' said Maj. Gen. Wilbert D. Pearson Jr., a veteran fighter jockey who estimated he's piloted 60 different types of aircraft throughout his 32-year career..."
Virginian-Pilot
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