I enjoy a lot of what you write B71 but every time I see some one writing how spending more billions on the F111 would have been a good investment I begin to wonder.
That much money to maybe have 6 aircraft on line as an orphan capability just makes no sense.
Its like an old car, fix the engine, then the hydraulics break, fix them the suspension breaks etc etc, (let alone wings, rudders, elevators)
No body I know who flies it has anything bad to say about it in fact when they compare it the the F111 I haven't heard anyone say they would take it over the Rhino into a modern combat zone.
Kinda like updating a 40 year old seasprite for a modern combat zone.....