Why do I get the feeling Congress ordered the Air Force to upgrade and spend the money, and, that the Air Force didn’t want to?
You can feel what you want, but I never saw any indication that was true when I was working with the program. 15 years ago, I think you would have been right - but I think GW1 actually changed a few minds in the USAF, and 15 years later many of those changed minds have stars on their shoulders.