"Who wants or needs a fighter jet in this day and age" sounds similar to the reason given to Canadians when the Avro Arrow was cancelled in the 1950’s. At that

"Who wants or needs a fighter jet in this day and age" sounds similar to the reason given to Canadians when the Avro Arrow was cancelled in the 1950’s. At that time, the reasoning was new missile technology obsoleted fighter planes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow Many Canadian aerospace engineers went to work for NASA on the Apollo program.