It is by no way favoritism, and the next time you accuse someone of something such as that I may have to talk to your Commander about getting you reprimanded.
There is a severely large difference between one of our few high tech fighters, and a bog standard bomber
My reasoning behind this is down to two things.
One; if I gave you permission for one, I would have to give everyone else one, you are by no means 'special' or 'different' from the rest, no matter how over-confident you are.
Two; your attitude leads me to believe you are a rather careless pilot, so we are not trusting a ship to you which costs millions to repair.
Request, is denied.
Also, on your note about Kishiro, do you honestly think they would give us more after the LSF stole it from them?