Exactly, Mr Boffin - the big B wants the AF to buy lots more C-17s and cancel most of its C-5 upgrades to pay for them. LockMart and some Washington heavyweights (literally in the case of Sen. Edward Kennedy, many of whose constituents are employed keeping C-5s glued together) disagree. Result - when it finally dawns on people that most Army kit has outgrown the C-130, the only option left will be the (horrors) A400M. Go BEAGS!