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Jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. jennifer, this is devastating for the military. >> reporter: it really is, dana. the air force is still assessing the damage to its f-22 fleet. roofs were ripped off hangers that were designed to sustain 130 mile winds. the problem is, the winds from hurricane michael were 155 miles per hour. tyndall was in the eye of the storm as it passed through panama city. all the planes that couldn't be moved because they were being repaired and couldn't fly. the air force base is home to a large fleet of more than 50 state of the art stealth fighter f-22 jets each co...

To maintenance issues. you'll remember at the height of the counter terrorism fight, robert gates convinced congress to shut down the f-22 production line. in fact, the air force chief at the time general buzz moseley was believed to have been fired in part because of his desire to keep the f-22 line open. now it is very expensive, if not impossible, to get parts for those f-22's. planes have to be cannibalized to be fixed. a recent report found the original manufacturers no longer make the parts or are out of business. restarting the f-22 production line would cost billions according to exper...