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And our strategy requires us to reach out and engage our friends and allies , who will be our close associates for years and years to come , and keep that contact going . " As payment for the debt , the Tbilaviastroy [ Tbilisi aircraft construction ] company will repair Turkmen SU-25 jet-fighters . So we are trying to come at that , and that is the one way that I am specifically familiar with . Another question to think about is military utility . More significantly , they enabled visionaries like Generals Bill Creech and Charles Gabriel to think outside the traditional one-dimensional airpower box . EAFs in a ten month " prepare " window will train , equip , and rest for future operations - - activities necessary to keep the force ready and strong . On October 31 , 2003 , for the first time drivers of minivans did not come to work as a sign of protest against the authorities and their policy . But one of the fringe benefits to come out of this whole Y2K thing is an acute awareness of our dependence on computers . And I do not think that it makes any strategic sense . The better we can quantitatively answer these kinds of questions , come up with new and innovative acquisition strategies , and partner where we can , the better we can evolve our aerospace force in the 21st Century in the current and what I believe to be the future budget environments . We are spending , and unfortunately will continue to spend , a lot more to get spares , to do required mods [ modifications ] on our planes and a lot more on depot activities .