LJR,
Thanks old chap. As an operator of one, that looked at the other on a daily basis you will forgive me. In Reaper you have a machine that can carry a 500lb class LGB, or GPS guided weapon, or hellfire. Security implications prevent me from fleshing this out, but i never felt my loadout was inferior when i was sat at the hold watching what they could haul airborne.
Airborne 'top trumps' and reality are subtley different. Why buy PW4 when GBU-12 and it's kids are available? Well, the answer is simply 'weapon effects'.