Here is what bothers me. What exactly is the US Govt. planning to do with our F-16s between December 2009 to June 2010? 6+ months seems an awfully long time, and I am not sure what it is that will be going on in these 6 months. One, two, maybe three months, max, makes sense for administrative work, but six months is quite steep. Could this have anything, possibly, to do with the escalation in Afghanistan? I mean, it would be a lot easier for Obama to justify arming the PAF if the battle is going in the US' favor. I hate to speculate, but this idea doesn't seem too far off what Obama said in his Afghanistan strategy address: