the trouble that has been caused is due to the money going to the older 'k' rather than the new 'j'. I'm sure this was due to contract issues with Lockheed and the sheer cost of fitting it to the 'j' because of it.
The trouble is that the 'k' is falling apart and is hardly being deployed operationally anywhere( a couple of frames aside) The 'j' is picking up most of the tasking and several crews are on standby for when the 'k' cant get deployed to the lastest theatre.
There is so much money being thrown at the 'k' to keep just a few frames airborne, and the only ones that really fly are training OCU trips, and TAC trips. But there has to come a point where the question is asked '' what are these guys actually training for, if virtually not deployable''