I would assume the result of the seriously high op-tempo we have been running for the last decade or so.

Where do you live?

So cancel the F-35 and tell the USAF and USN/USMC to pound sand for a F-16/FA-18 replacement? That would go over well. Hate to break it to you the -16 and early -18s are already filling up the boneyard and being used as QF drones for training. Expensive or not it would hurt a lot to now to go back to buying -16s and…

Ah yes the old conspiracy theorist standard, call anyone who disagrees with you ignorant.

New Mexican here, We have a pretty good selection of used cars that are rust free. A late model being rusty is a weird thing to me since rust is only for classic cars here. We do have a slight premium on prices on cars but for the most part its a great place to get a project.

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Why not both?

I saw a fishing boat once CornBread :P

The ship would have still been underway, the crew would have still been aboard so I don’t see how it would be an additional cost to the budget. Do you think ships just sit at pier until needed?

Or if the French and English would not have carved up the middle east into little colonies after WWI, failure has many fathers.

Was the tinfoil hat you wear expensive?

I loved the pickle suit. It being the same Uniform my father wore in the ‘70s and my cousin wore (who was like a big brother to me) during the cold war and Desert Storm really was an awesome connection to soldiers of the past IMHO. Shame the new ASU looks like some Civil war obsessed generals wet dream.

Its ok, its a pretty arcane subject to be written about in English. Being Ex-US Army I have some military experience but nothing with the JSDF all I ever worked with was Canadians and Germans.

Thanks for all the responses, anyone know of any good books to learn more about the JSDF?

Im pretty sure that isn’t an issue since there is NATO standards for weapons...

The Mess.net F-35 Joint Strike Fighter NewsThere are tons of good news but the MSM buries it.

^ Very interesting. Thanks for the info.

Very true. The same can be said of the US military to a smaller extant. Most of the folks I served with were from small towns. Hell in my BCT Battery Myself and a token New Yorker were the only folks from a big city and Albuquerque doesn’t really qualify as a big city. In reading this I also have to acknowledge I have…

Wait what? they don’t have enlistment contracts?(MIND BLOWN)Their turn over for just boot camp must be massive.

Delusions of military grandeur? The Japanese military is quite large and formidable and the Japanese public must want it a bit since they have been paying the bills and approving all those ships and aircraft.