ORAC - Not surprising. There are lots of Hornet/Growler people who think that they can take on pretty much anybody for the next decade-and-a-bit, and know that they will have to, anyway, with the rate that the F-35 is going; they also recognize that the F-35C won't, for a long time, have some of the tricks that are on the Block 2 Rhino today. And in the meantime they could use some of the money that is being spent on the F-35B/C.