@TeaTootler @dubbub @teknomunk @TrevorGoodchild @DW2 @KarlDahl they're expensive most likely because they're part of a contract with a supplier that makes the part specifically to AF specifications and plays all their specific documentation and contract games.

I have talked to people that run firms that do machined parts for the military and they've specifically said part of their advantage is that they have experience in doing all the dumb military paperwork.