Greenknight121,
Of course, and I did know and understand all that at the time. However, damn my feeble memory, it has become cluttered with all the intervening nonsense about the F-35 becoming the one and only for everything and certain interested parties advancing the light blue conspiracy. Have to say, however, and I do understand that it was meant to be a cheap viable option, but nobody could have imagined it would turn out to be as expensive as it is, nor that it would become relied upon to replace everything except Transport and SAR.
FB