What is your take on this, naturalman1975? I know you guys down under really liked the F-111’s you bought from us. (Still flying them, I see...)
I say: Thank God for the Aussies...;)
Personally, I don’t know enough about helicopters to have a real opinion on this. I’m just glad to see we seem to have a choice between a few decent options. Personally I’d rather our money to an American firm than a European one all things being equal - but I’ve no problem going European if what they’ve produced is better or better suited to our needs.
In this case, it looks like an American company can provide us with what we need, there’s no clearly better option. That’s enough for me.