Lightning Mate, Old Mucker, Old Chap.
I try to make a point about Air Power fundamentals and you bring it down to syntax and punctuation
Good to see you have the staff skills squared away when mine have atrophied. This is a discussion forum not Staff College. Sad but I'd have expected better from an Air Defender. As for rose tinted spectacles, I put those into storage quite a few years ago. Nowadays I'm just saddened how little we can offer despite the resources we commit.
F-35 Lightning II Program
And by the way, the true cost of operating a stealth platform hasn't even been considered yet.
Iraq is done. AFG will end soon. Libya is a stalemate that will end when Ghadaffi moves on. Once that occurs, we'll be back to fundamentals. Of course, just my humble opinion.