New Frontiers in Military to Military Conversion

Not to worry -- apparently there's plenty of jobs to be had in producing OTHER TYPES OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT. Oh brother.

Wonk Room » F-22: Won’t Win Wars, Won’t Preserve Jobs:

"A year ago the industry was worried about huge labor shortages. Shutting down the Raptor line would see thousands of workers snapped up for active production lines churning out F-16s, F-35s, C-130s and modernized C-5s for Lockheed, not to mention the prospect that industry rivals Boeing and Northrop might lure Lockheed workers for their own active production lines for the F-15, F/A-18 and others.

Even in the New Depression, the U.S. has the world’s biggest and most diverse aerospace industry. Trimming a few dozen aircraft from one production line, and shuttering that line a few years early, will not put nearly 100,000 people out of work."

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