And made possible by the perseverance and cajoling of a bunch of renegades who wanted to make the right equipment for the time. Reportedly, not one USAF senior officer went to Boyd's funeral.
Maybe because he was actually not that high up the food chain. There is a guy on Youtube who makes quite cheap, but somewhat humorous videos destroying the myths about the reformer movement's ego driven media hype. The Graphics may be rubbish and he does make the odd stupid error in calibre or correct description of a weapon, but he does hit most of the important nails on the head and has done some in depth research to back it up. Somewhere in this one, Boyd's position in the food chain is shown.