In the year 2054, the entire defence budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap years, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
The spiraling costs of US combat aircraft were predicted as far back as 1983. As our briefing demonstrates, governments are having a hard time dealing with defence in a time of austerity.

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