The final F-22 Raptor rolls off the assembly line at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Ga., facility. It is tail #4195 and completes the 187 production aircraft USAF ultimately orders. Lockheed built a total of 195 F-22s, including eight test aircraft. Two production aircraft have crashed.
Pentagon leaders, eager to move fast and avoid pitfalls that have plagued defense acquisition in the past, are handing authorities and oversight for some of their biggest programs to officers outside the traditional structure. But the Air Force and Space Force four-stars given those responsibilities say they don’t intend their jobs to be a permanent change to the system.
