Sounds like the RAAF intend to become part of the USAF ORBAT!!
Doesn't relying on US support (and some capability) mean that the RAAF has lost some of its autonomy?!? If Uncle Sam has to help out each time...... is that a good place to be?!? I don't recall that much help in East Timor...
Both the US and the Brits (biggest partners in cash terms) have something else to go with the F-35, either the F-22 or the Eurofighter, as do a lot of the other participants (although admittedly not all). If the F-35 is so blindingly good (even on paper!!) why are they bothering to do that?
