Stop pumping billions of American dollars into Russia's economy by buying military aircraft when it could be spent here.

The U.S. should not spend billions of dollars on Russian made aircraft when the American company Boeing makes the same aircraft the United States military has been using since the 1960's. Over one billion American dollars were spent buying the Russian MI-17 helicopters for the Afghan military instead of buying the American made Chinook. This is a billion dollars that has left our economy instead of creating jobs and paying American workers who work for Boeing.