That is the advice given by former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, reports the Washington Times. Asked for his opinion on the current debate surrounding the phantom F-22 study, Wynne wrote in an e-mail: “Why [has] no analytical support been made available to support the lower number of aircraft? Because there never was any.” The e-mail response also said, “The analyses were result-driven and false.” And, it added that Gen. John Corley, who last month responded to a direct inquiry from a Senator that the requirement for F-22s had not changed, “is a war-fighting general and his voice is the one to trust.”
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
