The Air Force Needed $30,000,000,000 for a New Type of F-22 Raptor as a Bomber That Would Fly Mach 1.8 Named the FB-22

The FB-22 carried an estimated price of $30 billion. It would have competed for the same scarce tactical air and long-range strike money as the F-22 program, which ultimately ended at 187 operational aircraft, far below earlier projections. An aircraft that cannot be afforded alongside the fighter it derives from is not a cheap derivative.