Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2020 8:12:06 GMT -5
The critical Low readiness, and serviceability of the US Fighter and bomber forces has been described by Chuck Spinney, Pierre Sprey, Everest Riccioni and others for
decades. The more complex and sensitive we design aircraft to be, the more accute the problem.
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link PopMech Low Readiness Link
Few of the Pentagon's fighters, helicopters, tankers, and bombers meet basic availability benchmarks that signal they're mission capable.
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office slams the readiness rate of U.S. military warplanes, revealing that hardly any of them were able to maintain a consistently high level of “mission capable” aircraft over the last nine years.
The report, Weapon System Sustainment, studied 46 types of military aircraft flown by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. The report analyzed combat planes such as the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18C Hornet, and A-10 Thunderbolt, but also important support aircraft like the C-17 Globemaster III transport, KC-135 Stratotanker, and E-6B Mercury nuclear command and control aircraft.
The F-22 Raptor fleet was 80 percent mission capable zero out of nine years.
decades. The more complex and sensitive we design aircraft to be, the more accute the problem.
Mod.
link PopMech Low Readiness Link
Few of the Pentagon's fighters, helicopters, tankers, and bombers meet basic availability benchmarks that signal they're mission capable.
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office slams the readiness rate of U.S. military warplanes, revealing that hardly any of them were able to maintain a consistently high level of “mission capable” aircraft over the last nine years.
The report, Weapon System Sustainment, studied 46 types of military aircraft flown by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. The report analyzed combat planes such as the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18C Hornet, and A-10 Thunderbolt, but also important support aircraft like the C-17 Globemaster III transport, KC-135 Stratotanker, and E-6B Mercury nuclear command and control aircraft.
The F-22 Raptor fleet was 80 percent mission capable zero out of nine years.