Thanks, Obama! Less Than Half of Marine Corps Aircraft are Ready to Fly

[Weatherman2020]

Yes. And Bush's off the budget war financing by credit card was unable to keep up with the degradation of combat equipment, including aircraft.

So they're blaming Obama for Congress' budget actions....

Obummer pulled out billions out of his ass to hand to the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, the #1 supplier of weapons responsible for killing most of our troops.
But not a dime for our military.

He gave billions to Israel.

Israel is an ally, dufus. Only a true moron can equate Iran with Israel.
Congrats.

The only money Iran got (dufus) was what actually belonged to it. Wasn't ours.

Iran is a terrorist nation. The fact you think that is fine is why your party is irrelevant in politics.

 

[Coyote]

During the Obama Error flight mechanics would have to steal from air museums to find parts to get combat aircraft in the air.

Less than half of Marine Corps aircraft are ready to fly.

Maybe that's a good incentive to keep us out of unnecessary wars.

Thanks to Obama our troops are not only back in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now Syria, Libya and various other nations in Africa.

They never left Afghanistan silly, and they never should have been in Iraq in the first place.

 

[ABikerSailor]

What's really bad is what they have to do to get replacement parts. They scavenge aircraft that have been sitting in bone yards for decades. How safe do you suppose those parts are? Good enough I guess as long as it isn't your son flying.

Have you ever been a member of a military squadron? I have, was with VFA-131 from 1989 until 1993. In the cases where we couldn't get parts, we simply put the aircraft in the hangar until we were able to get the parts.

And no, there wasn't a single time that we sent mechanics to the "boneyard" to go get parts. At the worst, if it was an I level problem, meaning that the squadron didn't have the means to fix the aircraft, it was sent to the CAG for repairs and we got another plane if we were getting ready to deploy.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Leftards are too stupid to google.
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So...Obama's lowest is still higher than most of the Bush years....

Combat readiness was at target levels in the Bush era, learn what you rant about.

Of course it was - he got us into two wars didn't he?

Obama got us into 3 wars.

 

[Coyote]

So they're blaming Obama for Congress' budget actions....

Obummer pulled out billions out of his ass to hand to the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, the #1 supplier of weapons responsible for killing most of our troops.
But not a dime for our military.

He gave billions to Israel.

Israel is an ally, dufus. Only a true moron can equate Iran with Israel.
Congrats.

The only money Iran got (dufus) was what actually belonged to it. Wasn't ours.

Iran is a terrorist nation. The fact you think that is fine is why your party is irrelevant in politics.

Fact is - you can't just steal keep their assets for no reason - it was due to be returned to them.

 

[Coyote]

Leftards are too stupid to google.
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So...Obama's lowest is still higher than most of the Bush years....

Combat readiness was at target levels in the Bush era, learn what you rant about.

Of course it was - he got us into two wars didn't he?

Obama got us into 3 wars.

Really now? Where do we have troops deployed and fighting? I know we have military trainers but actual troops? He inherited Iraq and Afghanistan, so your boy owns those two.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Leftards are too stupid to google.
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So...Obama's lowest is still higher than most of the Bush years....

Combat readiness was at target levels in the Bush era, learn what you rant about.

Of course it was - he got us into two wars didn't he?

Obama got us into 3 wars.

Really? And which ones did you oppose? And how many Americans died in those so-called wars?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Leftards are too stupid to google.
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So...Obama's lowest is still higher than most of the Bush years....

Combat readiness was at target levels in the Bush era, learn what you rant about.

Of course it was - he got us into two wars didn't he?

Obama got us into 3 wars.

Really now? Where do we have troops deployed and fighting? I know we have military trainers but actual troops? He inherited Iraq and Afghanistan, so your boy owns those two.

Keep in mind they accused Obama of 'leading from behind' in the so-called wars they now accuse him of dragging us into. If they'd had their way, we'd have gone in neck-deep and lost thousands of Americans.

 

[Bleipriester]

Leftards are too stupid to google.
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So you have budget as if there is world war but the military is not ready, nevertheless. Don´t you have questions?

 

[Borillar]

A trending from 2001 to 2015 would be helpful to see the entire picture.

Not that weatherman would shade the truth.

Wasn't the military budget slashed due to the Sequestration?

Yes. And Bush's off the budget war financing by credit card was unable to keep up with the degradation of combat equipment, including aircraft.

So they're blaming Obama for Congress' budget actions....

Obummer pulled out billions out of his ass to hand to the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, the #1 supplier of weapons responsible for killing most of our troops.
But not a dime for our military.

According to your chart he had dimes for the military up in the neighborhood of 600 Billion dollars. The highest level of funding since WW2 according to your chart.

 

[Penelope]

Wasn't the military budget slashed due to the Sequestration?

Yes. And Bush's off the budget war financing by credit card was unable to keep up with the degradation of combat equipment, including aircraft.

So they're blaming Obama for Congress' budget actions....

Obummer pulled out billions out of his ass to hand to the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, the #1 supplier of weapons responsible for killing most of our troops.
But not a dime for our military.

He gave billions to Israel.

Israel is an ally, dufus. Only a true moron can equate Iran with Israel.
Congrats.

Yes since Israel has nukes that can reach us.

 

[Freewill]

You know, I read the article and 2 things popped out at me...........number one was what they said about the reason the aircraft were out and they said the main one was because the aircraft were outdated and over their service life, meaning we should have built new ones to replace them.

The other one was at the bottom of the article where they said that while the money is a start, they said they can't fix in one year what all of the years of sequester had done. Here's the actual quote from the article...................

President Trump has proposed a $603 billion defense budget in fiscal 2018 to help fill some of these gaps and improve readiness across the military, but many lawmakers on Capitol Hill have said that number is not high enough. Instead they are pushing for the $640 billion topline championed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.

"While we cannot repair all of the damage done as a result of sequestration in a single year, we can and should do more than this level of funding will provide," Turner said. "For national security reasons, we cannot afford to wait until 2019 to begin to rebuild our military."

Guess what? The sequester was put in place by the GOP.

Who was it that signed the bill into law? Obama. Who first presented the bill? A democrat. Who was in control of Senate in 2013? Democrats.

Budget Control Act of 2011 - Wikipedia

 

[Borillar]

What's really bad is what they have to do to get replacement parts. They scavenge aircraft that have been sitting in bone yards for decades. How safe do you suppose those parts are? Good enough I guess as long as it isn't your son flying.

Have you ever been a member of a military squadron? I have, was with VFA-131 from 1989 until 1993. In the cases where we couldn't get parts, we simply put the aircraft in the hangar until we were able to get the parts.

And no, there wasn't a single time that we sent mechanics to the "boneyard" to go get parts. At the worst, if it was an I level problem, meaning that the squadron didn't have the means to fix the aircraft, it was sent to the CAG for repairs and we got another plane if we were getting ready to deploy.

I was in VF-142 from 1976 -1980. We always had a hanger queen we used to order parts against. We usually got it in flyable condition by the end of the cruise, so it could be flown off the ship to the Naval Air Station.

 

[Dschrute3]

Really? Even with an annual $800 Billion military budget? How can this be? If true, it is pretty shocking. I'll have to look into this further.

 

[JakeStarkey]

A trending from 2001 to 2015 would be helpful to see the entire picture.

Not that weatherman would shade the truth.

Wasn't the military budget slashed due to the Sequestration?

Yes. And Bush's off the budget war financing by credit card was unable to keep up with the degradation of combat equipment, including aircraft.

So they're blaming Obama for Congress' budget actions....

Obummer pulled out billions out of his ass to hand to the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, the #1 supplier of weapons responsible for killing most of our troops.
But not a dime for our military.

You drinking, bro?

 

[NYcarbineer]

What kind of war is Trump planning that's going to require 100% of Marine aircraft to be combat ready on a moment's notice?

Scary thought eh?

 

[ABikerSailor]

What's really bad is what they have to do to get replacement parts. They scavenge aircraft that have been sitting in bone yards for decades. How safe do you suppose those parts are? Good enough I guess as long as it isn't your son flying.

Have you ever been a member of a military squadron? I have, was with VFA-131 from 1989 until 1993. In the cases where we couldn't get parts, we simply put the aircraft in the hangar until we were able to get the parts.

And no, there wasn't a single time that we sent mechanics to the "boneyard" to go get parts. At the worst, if it was an I level problem, meaning that the squadron didn't have the means to fix the aircraft, it was sent to the CAG for repairs and we got another plane if we were getting ready to deploy.

I was in VF-142 from 1976 -1980. We always had a hanger queen we used to order parts against. We usually got it in flyable condition by the end of the cruise, so it could be flown off the ship to the Naval Air Station.

You know, come to think of it, damn near every squadron that I've seen has had at least one hangar queen at any given time.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, I read the article and 2 things popped out at me...........number one was what they said about the reason the aircraft were out and they said the main one was because the aircraft were outdated and over their service life, meaning we should have built new ones to replace them.

The other one was at the bottom of the article where they said that while the money is a start, they said they can't fix in one year what all of the years of sequester had done. Here's the actual quote from the article...................

President Trump has proposed a $603 billion defense budget in fiscal 2018 to help fill some of these gaps and improve readiness across the military, but many lawmakers on Capitol Hill have said that number is not high enough. Instead they are pushing for the $640 billion topline championed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.

"While we cannot repair all of the damage done as a result of sequestration in a single year, we can and should do more than this level of funding will provide," Turner said. "For national security reasons, we cannot afford to wait until 2019 to begin to rebuild our military."

Guess what? The sequester was put in place by the GOP.

Who was it that signed the bill into law? Obama. Who first presented the bill? A democrat. Who was in control of Senate in 2013? Democrats.

Budget Control Act of 2011 - Wikipedia

The article didn't say anything ab out the budget control act, it specifically said that the sequester was responsible for the planes being out of commission, and the GOP is the one who pushed through the sequester.

 

[MarathonMike]

What's really bad is what they have to do to get replacement parts. They scavenge aircraft that have been sitting in bone yards for decades. How safe do you suppose those parts are? Good enough I guess as long as it isn't your son flying.

Have you ever been a member of a military squadron? I have, was with VFA-131 from 1989 until 1993. In the cases where we couldn't get parts, we simply put the aircraft in the hangar until we were able to get the parts.

And no, there wasn't a single time that we sent mechanics to the "boneyard" to go get parts. At the worst, if it was an I level problem, meaning that the squadron didn't have the means to fix the aircraft, it was sent to the CAG for repairs and we got another plane if we were getting ready to deploy.

I was in VF-142 from 1976 -1980. We always had a hanger queen we used to order parts against. We usually got it in flyable condition by the end of the cruise, so it could be flown off the ship to the Naval Air Station.

You know, come to think of it, damn near every squadron that I've seen has had at least one hangar queen at any given time.

Read this. I saw a report on it a couple of months ago. One of the boneyards is in my state and it is seeing lots of parts scavenging. These aren't hangar queens, they have been baking in the Arizona sun for decades.

Marine-Corps-broke-plane-parts-museum-raid-aviation-thornberry

 

[mudwhistle]

A trending from 2001 to 2015 would be helpful to see the entire picture.

Not that weatherman would shade the truth.

Wasn't the military budget slashed due to the Sequestration?

Obama demanded sequestration and then blamed it on the GOP after he signed it.

It gut the military.