F22 and a man named George Grant

[Daveroo]

Do any of you know who Goerge Grant is? and what he had to do with saving the F22 program?this man is a friend of my dads and the roumor is.he supposedly went to congress or whomever and "saved" the F22 program when it was to be scrapped years ago..im not talking reciently..back when it was first being on the work table..it was scarpped and brought back...he claims he went t o bat for it and used his own money to do so..i cant find a thing on the net about it..but my dad swears its true,as do some of the ex-lockheed skunkworks employees who are members of the local elks and friends of dads now.like i say ive searched and cant find a thing....

 

[Toastmaker]

If it's some back-room happenings at Skunkworks - you're NOT GOING to find anything about it on the internet, or elsewhere!

 

[Railrunner130]

There are a lot of politics involved in the military. It's sad, but true. Lots of issues are resolved behind closed doors, long before any official "hearing" is conducted.

I know one of the manouverings that was out there was the FA-22. I forget what project suffered at the hands of that idea. It's not a bad idea, it was simply never followed through with.

Way back, the Blackbird sucked funds away from the F-108 project when the YF-12A/C program was alive. Three A-12s were modified into fighters and were then called the YF-12. Then, they went after a bomber (perhaps the XB-70, I don't recall) and tried to fund a bomber with it. Finally, it was turned into a reconnaisance platform and the SR-71 was born.