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I get what you're saying, but with F-35 unit costs eclipsing $337 million each I'm not really feeling like the place to start cutting is the support and pension structure for the guys who signed up to get shot at. I mean, let's just look at this from a pilot/plane perspective. The machinery with the landing gear costs more than the latest Transformers movie each. It burns more in gas just getting it from the hangar to the runway than the pilot's pension will cost in six months. Never mind what it costs if one of them crashes. I want that pilot fat'n'happy, thank you very much. The primary thing that sets the US military apart from all others is an all-professional fighting force - the tech is just gravy.