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sjgusmc21

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  1. At the time I couldn't imagine driving a basic F150 if I owned a Ford dealership, but now I get it. Life is much simpler and easier when you focus on needs and keep from getting distracted by the human tendency to never be satisfied in the pursuit of wants.

     

     

    Yes, we do learn as we get older.  We tend to prioritize our 'needs' over our 'wants'.  It is a well learned and earned point of wisdom.  But doesn't always come easily.

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  2. Remember, it isn't the machine, but the operator.  That is what got our asses initially kicked in the air at the beginning of the Vietnam War.  Pilots were not trained for dog fighting...it was a 'thing' of the past, despite very experienced and senior pilots protesting against it. 

     

    I have no doubt that the F35 is a great plane.  But at what cost?  I GUARANTEE that a plane, just as superior, could be built for half the cost.  But with kick-backs, over inflation of cost estimates, congressional pork/favors, it will not happen.

  3. A fleet of $$$$$$ air superiority fighters is all well and good. However we still need a BUNCH of cheap recon/ground attack/ infantry support planes.

    German WWII tanks had a HUGE advantage in kill ratios, BUT we had thousands of the damned death traps! A 50>1 kill ratio does NOT win against 1,000> numerical superiority!

    F-35, F-22 = great aircraft. BUT we need some that do not cost $35,000 an hour to fly!

     

    You Sir are correct.

     

    Germany  learned this in WWII.  Their tanks were hardened and mostly superior, but, were greatly out numbered.  In this case, quality over quantity lost. 

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