On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:30:40 -0800, Henry J Cobb wrote:

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007145
For an operation like Iraqi Freedom, General Moseley told committee
members that the Air Force's ability to strike was in part because of
American presence in the region for nearly 12 years and U.S. access to
nearby bases. In testimony submitted for the record, the general said
that type of access might not always be available to the U.S. military...

Darn permission slips. Never around when you need them.

...One concern of the committee was the possibility of U.S. technology
being leaked to adversaries because of liberal licensing of Joint Strike
Fighter technology to subcontractors. General Moseley said the JSF
program office is aware of the issue.

So the F/A-22 is safer because nobody wants it?

-HJC

No, a lot of countries want it, we will not sell it to them. The technologies
involved are highly secret . The few countries that we could trust with the
F-22 can not afford it.

Al Minyard