Likewise.
People outside of aviation, military aviation particularly, don't understand that this is the purchase of a system, not just 27 individual choppers. They don't see the cost for training, logistics & spares, depot maintenance, etc. Plus this is an airframe we don't currently deploy which means everything must be put in place from scratch.
I'd like to hear their howling if they could see the price before offsets.
Outstanding post.
Thank you.