I thought the issue was the F-35 could be multirole, and F-22 couldn't, so they needed to replace F-16/F-18/A-10/etc., which the F-22 couldn't do. I still thin

I thought the issue was the F-35 could be multirole, and F-22 couldn't, so they needed to replace F-16/F-18/A-10/etc., which the F-22 couldn't do. I still think manned combat aircraft are probably on the way out, and absent a current threat, we should be life-extending our existing aircraft, spending 10% of F-35/F-22/etc. on combat UAVs, and end up with ultimately better capability (like, 100x more UAVs than manned aircraft, the ability to go on one-way missions, etc.) Kills the aviator officer career path, though.