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Air Force Chief Open To Discussion of Selling F-22s Abroad

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Friday, March 7th, 2008

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The Air Force chief of staff recently indicated he would welcome discussions with the defense secretary about opening the F-22 Raptor to foreign military sales. The sale of the stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to foreign nations was prohibited by law in the fiscal year 1998 defense appropriations act, and an effort in 2006 to overturn the prohibition was blocked. But during recent trips to Japan and Australia--two countries that have expressed interest in the airframe--Defense Secretary…

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