It’s almost as though the U.S. military just got through spending eight years getting treated as dirt.
Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy’s strike fighters can’t fly
Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy’s strike fighters can’t fly
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It’s almost as though the U.S. military just got through spending eight years getting treated as dirt.
Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy’s strike fighters can’t fly
It’s almost as though the U.S. military just got through spending eight years getting treated as dirt.
Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy’s strike fighters can’t fly
It’s almost as though the U.S. military just got through spending eight years getting treated as dirt.
Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy’s strike fighters can’t fly
This believe it or don't is a cyclical problem and I doubt that this is the worse downturn in my lifetime. I served during time of war in a ship that had been condemned as unseaworthy three times and Fido was one of the best, if not the best, mine sweeps on the East Coast. At least one and probably two nuke subs were lost with all hands due to skipping maintenance before I joined.
This believe it or don't is a cyclical problem and I doubt that this is the worse downturn in my lifetime. I served during time of war in a ship that had been condemned as unseaworthy three times and Fido was one of the best, if not the best, mine sweeps on the East Coast. At least one and probably two nuke subs were lost with all hands due to skipping maintenance before I joined.
You know, I MIGHT believe that this is a cyclical problem, but the rate of down aircraft is twice the rate that they plan for. 25 percent is normal maintenance, but almost 50 percent? That means there is a problem with the funding.
And yeah, when I was stationed with VFA-131 in the late 80's/early 90's, there were times that we had to cut back on the flight training because there wasn't enough money for the fuel to fly. Most times, those cutbacks happen just before the end of the fiscal year because that was when the squadron would start to run out of money.
This believe it or don't is a cyclical problem and I doubt that this is the worse downturn in my lifetime. I served during time of war in a ship that had been condemned as unseaworthy three times and Fido was one of the best, if not the best, mine sweeps on the East Coast. At least one and probably two nuke subs were lost with all hands due to skipping maintenance before I joined.
You know, I MIGHT believe that this is a cyclical problem, but the rate of down aircraft is twice the rate that they plan for. 25 percent is normal maintenance, but almost 50 percent? That means there is a problem with the funding.
And yeah, when I was stationed with VFA-131 in the late 80's/early 90's, there were times that we had to cut back on the flight training because there wasn't enough money for the fuel to fly. Most times, those cutbacks happen just before the end of the fiscal year because that was when the squadron would start to run out of money.
This is more like the pre-WWII decline where we started off with fewer carriers than the Japanese, lower quality fighter aircraft and inferior torpedoes I'll grant you but this is unhappily a normal congressional cycle. Carriers and earlier battleships were and are expected to last a minimum of 50 years and maintenance cycles are almost never properly maintained as in the sinking of the Maine sure sounds like improper maintenance of the air filters although I haven't seen it reported that way.
This believe it or don't is a cyclical problem and I doubt that this is the worse downturn in my lifetime. I served during time of war in a ship that had been condemned as unseaworthy three times and Fido was one of the best, if not the best, mine sweeps on the East Coast. At least one and probably two nuke subs were lost with all hands due to skipping maintenance before I joined.
You know, I MIGHT believe that this is a cyclical problem, but the rate of down aircraft is twice the rate that they plan for. 25 percent is normal maintenance, but almost 50 percent? That means there is a problem with the funding.
And yeah, when I was stationed with VFA-131 in the late 80's/early 90's, there were times that we had to cut back on the flight training because there wasn't enough money for the fuel to fly. Most times, those cutbacks happen just before the end of the fiscal year because that was when the squadron would start to run out of money.
This is more like the pre-WWII decline where we started off with fewer carriers than the Japanese, lower quality fighter aircraft and inferior torpedoes I'll grant you but this is unhappily a normal congressional cycle. Carriers and earlier battleships were and are expected to last a minimum of 50 years and maintenance cycles are almost never properly maintained as in the sinking of the Maine sure sounds like improper maintenance of the air filters although I haven't seen it reported that way.
You've also gotta take into account the age of the aircraft. FA-18's are high performance fighters, and they get flown HARD by the pilots. I remember VFA-131 getting their first Super Hornets back in the mid 90's.
This believe it or don't is a cyclical problem and I doubt that this is the worse downturn in my lifetime. I served during time of war in a ship that had been condemned as unseaworthy three times and Fido was one of the best, if not the best, mine sweeps on the East Coast. At least one and probably two nuke subs were lost with all hands due to skipping maintenance before I joined.
You know, I MIGHT believe that this is a cyclical problem, but the rate of down aircraft is twice the rate that they plan for. 25 percent is normal maintenance, but almost 50 percent? That means there is a problem with the funding.
And yeah, when I was stationed with VFA-131 in the late 80's/early 90's, there were times that we had to cut back on the flight training because there wasn't enough money for the fuel to fly. Most times, those cutbacks happen just before the end of the fiscal year because that was when the squadron would start to run out of money.
This is more like the pre-WWII decline where we started off with fewer carriers than the Japanese, lower quality fighter aircraft and inferior torpedoes I'll grant you but this is unhappily a normal congressional cycle. Carriers and earlier battleships were and are expected to last a minimum of 50 years and maintenance cycles are almost never properly maintained as in the sinking of the Maine sure sounds like improper maintenance of the air filters although I haven't seen it reported that way.
You've also gotta take into account the age of the aircraft. FA-18's are high performance fighters, and they get flown HARD by the pilots. I remember VFA-131 getting their first Super Hornets back in the mid 90's.