Three Georgia lawmakers are pushing hard in Washington to move the Pentagon to change its plans for ending production of the F-22A fighter jet. The Raptor jet is made at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, and involves two-thousand area jobs. The Defense Department had earlier announced it would phase-out production after 2009, but may be reconsidering. Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, along with Representative Phil Gingrey have been circulating letters of support among lawmakers in 44 states that host work on the jet. The F-22A fighter is among the most expensive planes in the Air Force, about 140 million dollars each. It's nearly 350 million when research and testing expenses are included.
