( CNN ) -- President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things but can he really shoot down a fighter jet ? The F-22 Raptor is the most expensive jet fighter ever built . The plane is the F-22 Raptor , a supersonic stealth marvel that looks like it 's flown straight out of a Hollywood action film . It is being built for the U.S. Air Force , boasting the most advanced technology in the sky . `` You talk to any aviator in the world , ask what they would like to fly , and if they do n't say the F-22 then they are lying , '' U.S. Major Derek Routt told The Atlantic magazine . `` I would kill to fly it . '' The U.S. government has ordered nearly 200 of them , even as the price has rocketed to more than $ 350 million each , making the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 the most expensive fighter ever built . But it 's never been used in combat and it 's not clear when it will be . The U.S. simply does n't face any enemies with planes advanced enough to bother sending out an F-22 . `` The reality is we are fighting two wars , in Iraq and Afghanistan , '' Defense Secretary Robert Gates said , `` and the F-22 has not performed a single mission in either theater . '' Gates does n't want any more of them . Obama , who campaigned for the presidency criticizing what he considers wasteful military spending , does n't either . Is the F-22 essential military spending or a waste of money ? Sound Off below . But it 's the U.S. Congress that actually funds the military . A lot of its members want to see more F-22s taking off , to keep the U.S. air force ahead of potential rivals and protect thousands of factory jobs across the country . `` We need to maintain that air superiority , '' said Congressman Phil Gingrey , whose district is home to the main F-22 assembly line . `` This is not just about 2,200 jobs , although with the economy as it is , and all these job losses , it 's kind of preposterous to think that this administration would close ( them ) down . '' The Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives has voted to order a dozen more planes . But the full Congress would still have to vote and Obama would have to sign the legislation . He says he will veto it instead . The president is taking aim at the F-22 but the fighter jet probably wo n't go down without a fight .
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