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Originally Posted by obrescia
...I don't think we should have/had to pay $$ for it.
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Well, it's called national defense. Should we not have had to pay for fleet ballistic missile subs because we never nuked the Soviets? Was it money wasted? MX Missiles? Tridents? There is a long list of weapons we have developed and never had to use (some more useless than others). How many times were F-14's actually used in combat? Not many.
The B-1B gave/is giving good service in the Gulf wars and Afghanistan, and has dropped a sh*tload of ordnance on target. But yep, it's expensive to keep flying, as all VG wing AC are, and that's why they are being phased out.
As to being used to ferry AAM's, that seems unlikely.