Originally Posted by WhieOvies
It does however allow those countries politicians to bring more capability to the table when discussing coalition air operations. Whether the politicians see this as worth it when they decide on their Defence budgets is perhaps a different question....
Indeed, but I find this more of an academic point, since I doubt that Danemark or Netherlands will declare war on China or Russia ever, even if USA gets involved, so this point is rather moot, IMO.
For bombing sheep, I'd imagine F16 is more than enough, at a much lower cost.