"I would put body parts on sale on eBay if I thought it would do
me good to be able to get to fly this airplane."
Source: Lt. Col. Ray O'Mara, USAF, anticipating
the arrival at Langley AFB (VA) of the first operational F/A-22
Raptors. Integration is set to begin by the end of this year, even
as opponents of the Raptor continue attacking its
cost-effectiveness in the post-Cold War era.