from what i understand the brit and canadian C-17 are leased and are still owned by the US. that way we were able to keep the price down for you guys.
the C-130 are not new, the Js are rebuilt (again)
the worlds best MBT? so you are getting M1A3s???
and as far as the A-10, please save them from the scrap yard. they are a great AC but not new and sexy.
i would love to see canada get some B-52s, some F-14s and A-10s. all have been totaly rebuilt in the last 10 years and right now are headed into the smelter. we are keeping some of them but not too many. and we could ship all the F-111s to oz.
there are even some F-104s in storage that could reequip the NZAF
just kidding
but on the other side what most NATO and other countries are doing is replacing "quanity" with "quality". and its not working. you cant replace a wing of 60 aircraft with a squadren of 10 new AC and expect to be able to do the same. there are so few aircraft in some of the worlds militaries that they cant intercept incoming hostile leer jets or hijacked jet linners like they could 20 years ago.
tanks are the same way.
after the cold war there was a plan to go from 6000 M-60s, and M1s down to just 100 M1A2 with 100 in storage. sounds kinda stupid now.
dave d.