Pfft, we sell all our 20 year old crap, most the f-15 f-16 and f-14's are all 20+ year old air frames.
and the systems altho great for the day, are crap now.
and we have the jaming tech to criple a fleet of them into fast moveing target drones "piloted by the enemy of course" and whats best, is this time we didnt have to waste the time and effort to scrap them, simple.
Sell all your old junk, watch as it used to "try" and attack you back,then blow it away with your new toys, AND get payed for selling your old junk anyhow.
The JSF is a joke, its to please the UN,nothing more.
After all,we have UFo's. (sshhhh dont tell the other guys)
Funny thing is, every "stealth" fighter has been useless from about 2002-3 the us had made some great feets in visual tracking and seeking type weapons, soon we wont even need jets, just have a drone fire a missle that wait's in a area for some 15 mins,then activate's and seeks out shapes of aircrafts,bridges and buildings. Best thing is with infa red and such types, they can even be used in 100% blackout conditions or fog and the such.
Soon our enemy will get a missle up there tail from aparently no where. Another idea is for under water based long range missles, and torps. imagine a radar station or satalite sees a squad of jets flying low and fast twards a fleet,maby they have stealth, and such. now some 50+ miles away "or closer" a missle comes blasting out of the water perprogramed via satalite link to its target, now its got a mind of its own, and is already on the way, even if it fails, theres always more systems waiting.
Why do you think the us stoped makeing b2's and f22's? not because they sucked, but by the time the product came around,other ways of downing even a stealth craft becomes clear, cant see it on radar? use visual range, cant see because of darkness or fog/whatever. use infared, then visual to select a shape of the jet thru the infared screening from range.
in the 60's the us had a missle that could fly at pre programed target areas,and drop ordinance, it was to "early" for its days,but again. with time it will become a very nice tool to have.
Basicly let them pump out as many fighters as they want, we will knock em down just as quick.