Courtesy of Foxtell, I just watched the 4 corners show about this aircraft. How do we continually get ourselves into this mess. I mean really? I know that this is probably not the place to raise these issues but like you all, I'm a tax payer.
Agreed.
I can't see why we simply don't equip ourselves with the gear suitable to combat any expected enemy. And let's face it, they are only likely to have ageing Migs or maybe Sukhoi's at best. So something like the F-18's we already have and good pilot training & avionics & backup should be more than enough.