More Raptors on Order?

At least this is what outgoing Air force Chief John Jumper is saying:

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper on Monday said arguments for restoring some Lockheed Martin Corp. F/A-22 fighter jets cut from the Pentagon's 2006 budget were "making sense" to military planners.
"Quite frankly, I don't think the number's going to stay the same. I think we're making good arguments for why we need this airplane," Jumper told reporters at a final roundtable before he hands over the reins as the Air Force's top uniformed officer to Gen. Michael Moseley on Friday.
"The capability, I don't think, is being questioned any more, just the size" of the order, Jumper said, when asked about the F/A-22's fate in a once-every-four-years review of defense programs under way at the Pentagon. "I think our arguments are making sense."

Actually, I believe this is wishful thinking on the part of Gen Jumper, the last of the "fighter mafia", who cling to their manned fighters like Curtis Lemay to his bombers. Its a new war general, get used to it.