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In a hypothetical world where the USAF was a mercenary force, could anyone besides the US government afford to hire them as they are now? It's hard to imagine
by amorphid 9y ago
In a hypothetical world where the USAF was a mercenary force, could anyone besides the US government afford to hire them as they are now? It's hard to imagine a client wanting to pay $70K/hour for a single F-22, plus some mercenary markup.[1] I wonder how the USAF would evolve if they had to be completely self sufficient.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor#Maintenance_and_training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor#Ma...
- briandear 9y agoSo they’d have to act like pirates to fund their operations! Imagine if schools had to be self sufficient. We’d probably have better schools.