[Savage_Messiah]

Originally Posted by SteveR

That kind of stuff happens all the time. And its by a lot of nations, not just Russia. Heck we do it too. Remember just a few years ago we flew a P-3 Orion too close to China. I'm just surprised the Navy still flies the F/A-18A model Nothing like flying outdated airframes when they've spent billions on hmmm the C model, and the E model. You know, over the last forty years since the A model was released lol

From a marine pilot over on FTV6: (In reply to someone stating the obvious that Russia can't afford another arms race)

Originally Posted by Malice

I don't think we can either. lol. In the article it says the bombers were intercepted by FA-18A's. A model hornets have been outdated and out of service for over 10 years. They are being brought out of the desert boneyards and rebuilt because all the C's and D's are litterally falling apart. The JSF is LONG OVERDUE to replace our aging and decrepit fighters, but we can't afford it. The air force has a few F22's, but they can't afford anymore than that because the rest of thier budget goes to mahogany office furniture, plasma TV's, and breast augmentation for insecure females.