Well this sends the exact signal to the current people serving how much our effort is regarded.
Every war and history says it all you need air superiority before you send in the troops, by 2020 we will have 90,000 troops armed with pea shooters to fend of the air targets and a few typhoons if they have spares left by then to maybe take a few out.
This just hits it on the head how we are regarded and leaving the Military could not come fast enough.