I'd like to have BOTH a Ferrari and a LandRover in my garage if I could afford them. I would choose which one to use each day based on whether I was taking a long highway trip (without speed limits), or doing a desert safari, or something in between.
The US military/US taxpayer has a lot more money than I do, and they have much more important missions to persue. For military missions there are times when a Ferrari equivalent is needed, and there are more times when a LandRover equivalent is needed. I hope they create the correct ratio mix, and I would encourage oversight from Congress and others to make sure that they make the right decisions so that commanders in the field can call on the right aircraft for the required mission.
Last edited by 21stCen; 30th July 2009 at 19:25.