Highly touted F-22 Raptors still grounded

After more than $77 billion and five years, the F-22 Raptor has never been to war and now can’t even get off the ground. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ongoing and bombing raids over Libya, the jet that was once touted as one that “can never be matched” sits, immobile. On Wednesday, Air Command Communications in Langley, Va., had three words regarding the plight of the F-22 Raptor: “Still grounded, sir.”

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