[Yo-Yo]

One aircraft type cannot perform all missions. One country source means you are at their mercy if they decide to embargo spare parts.

With Air Forces, as with stocks, the secret to long term success is to diversify.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

One country source means you are at their mercy if they decide to embargo spare parts.

With Air Forces, as with stocks, the secret to long term success is to diversify.

But a maintenance headache, incompatibility between spare parts and a need to train mechanics and pilots on two completely different systems. Kuwait is utterly dependent on the US and it's inconceivable that they'd pursue a military effort that didn't have the blessing, backing and material support of the US. Not sure I understand why they'd see a need to diversify to two fighter-plane systems unless it's simply to keep Europe happy with them for political reasons.