I've heard and read both the SAMA and the C-172...defensive systems? I believe you fly around with an M-4 in the back seat in case you go down in hostile country...which is pretty much anywhere. Pilot training out in the "sticks" though, not near any major cities.

But back to the topic on the thread - I don't understand the AF anymore...they're offering Force Shaping to 2005 people but all of the those numbers show way, way negative. WTF?