Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm sorry I'm a bit late. I was speaking in the House about Afghanistan.
Obviously, I've missed a lot of the comments, but picking up on the F-18, I'm not sure I heard you correctly, but we got the first F-18s in 1982, and the concept of operations was for phase-in plus 15 years, at which time we would be in the process of acquiring a new airplane. That put that timeframe at 2003. The airplanes will be 38 years old once we have finished with them. So I am guessing that you think it's a good idea that we replace the F-18 with something that will stand us in equally good stead for the 20 to 40 years after that.