The air force was not interested in spending its money on a DARPA project. Currie, a fan of the stealth project, offered a deal. At a breakfast with General David Jones, the air force chief of staff, he laid his cards on the table: “I will support your lightweight fighter in Congress with everything I’ve got if you will establish stealth as a real air force program and put some money behind it and let us go to Congress with that.” Jones agreed and the two men shook hands.
