Raymond O'Hara wrote:
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a big main force war isn't going to happen anytime in the next 50 years.

You may be willing to stake your life on that, I'm not. I have
history on my side. Since WW2 there were Korea, Viet Nam and Gulf War
where an air superiority fighter was a requirement. Iraq may not have
had the greatest air force, but they didn't exactly roll over either.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired