it was held -- it was an object of derision in the product, now boeing. it was held as a product of derision. less aspin called the chief be staffs and demanded he fire five generals because of the system of the truth is we'd be a lot better off today if we'd purchased 360 of them ib instead of the 90 we have. >> combat tailwind is a good example of the old and new. it's got in-flight refueling, it can take or give fuel to another airplane. it can land on an unprepared strip in the middle of nowhere and it's a bargain at the price they paid for it. boeing f-15, same thing. it's been the best fighter in the world for years and it's still competitive because now at the end of 30 years you can buy the f-15 pretty cheaply and its performance is still pretty good. when you get down to it, there's excellence at every level, from the enlisted ranks to the four-stars. we have a lot of difficulty with single parent families. something like 26% of the families are single mirnte -- parent in the service now. it's extraordinary. we're a nation of 295 million people depending on 1.5 million people to fight our wars,