Decades, not 'soon'.
Meanwhile first enlistment Americans will die for not having more basic weapons tailored to the war we have been fighting and will fight. The MRAPs for example. Having the Army use helicopters for CAS when safer fixed wings could take some burdens. We have and already pay in blood.
Decades, not ‘soon’.
The Problem is The U.S. Really has NO idea what type of enemy aircraft we will face in the Immediate future anymore then we did when we found out the North Koreans had MIG 15’s after they shot the hell out of our B-29’s and Subsonic fighters of the era.