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Two-Thirds of US Navy F-18s are grounded
Broken... No spare parts... Unable to repair... 2/3rds of the Navy's top strike fighters can't fly. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
You are correct from the micro view but the macro view relates to the budget cuts agreed to by POTUS and Congress. That the DOD continued to throw money at the F-35 program did rob much of the funds needed to keep the fleet of F/A 18's operational. Manpower shortage doesn't help either.
The F-35 is a vital program and is maturing nicely. The Pentagon chose to throw money at other acquisitions that were lower priority, and delay maintenance of everything while stretching the existing forces even thinner instead of dealing with existing known issues.
Fake news.....we have tons of f18s...the f18s we have are great.
Guess we need to tell that to this guy as it was part of his report. He will be pleased to know this.
"Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Moran told lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee earlier this week."
"Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Moran told lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee earlier this week."
It was a joke....besides Overlord Trump knows more than any VCNOA
For the record I wouldn't doubt that the story is true..They get a lot of use with a short turn around window.
Because the all-weather attack aircraft is currently being flown beyond its originally forecast life due to mission requirements, it was experiencing significant corrosion and fatigue issues in its outer and inner wing panels.
To blame the Current, or past, POTUS for this failure shows the ignorance of the individual writing the review.
Lt. Colonel R. Orgill, USMC, Retired