$28,644,355
— The value of a contract, here, awarded this week by the Pentagon to keep Iraqi air force trainers flying in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Not sure what Saddam's kin thinks of T-6 airplanes buzzing the old homestead, but we like to think they appreciate its nickname -- Texan -- just as much as former president (and ex-Texas governor) George W. Bush, who launched the 2003 invasion.
