SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE
COULD NEW ZEALAND EVER REBUILD A FIGHTER JET FLEET AFTER SCRAPPING ITS AIR COMBAT FORCE?...
New Zealand is a country that prides itself on being a nuclear-free zone, and it has operated a comparably meager defense budget of as low as 1% of GDP for years.
SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.