Fred Kaplan has the latest of many articles about the Defense Department's decision to halt the production of the F-22 Raptor fighter plane.

What is the F-22? It's pretty iconic, to say the least.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has argued that the F-22 isn't very useful in the so-called "War on Terror," in which there isn't much air-to-air combat. In The Atlantic, Mark Bowden talks to some pilots who dispute that.

What do you think about the changing face of the Air Force?

Tags: Air Force, F-22