Engines,
Arm waving is, of course, a democratic right. Third Amendment and all that. Please arm wave without let or hindrance. As ever, all I'll try to do is provide information to help the discussion along.
The Third Amendment is quite affable, but in a Brit taxpayer's case one might go for the Magna Carta angle first.
Actually just chimed in to say (after being pointed on this forum and actually reading through as hefty as illuminating a chunk of the "Cats and flaps" thread, and some of this one too) your insight will continue to be appreciated.
One thing I didn't semi-immediately notice, anyone have recent figures of which country/service (for those of you with pilot wear to choose from) at the moment is getting how many of which type?
Loking at this from the angle that some type of F-35 might actually be the first/desired choice for lil' Finland's next jet. Unless Gripen NG really materializes then performs like a silent bat out of hell on cross-country skis, which isn't a proven sate of affairs yet. (Next jet
TBD sometime between 2016-2020, in unknown numbers. Safe to assume that F-22 is either too costly or too unavailable.)