"I think if you ask the AF today, if normal funding were to be assumed through July, about 40-50% of American combat aircraft would only be capable of meeting wartime requirements. So no, it's not surprising that only 30% would be available in July with restricted funding," the aide said in an email. "Over the past 10 years, the AF has taken risk in its O&M accounts (flying hour program and depot maintenance activities) in order to pay for modernization (mainly F-35 which has been sapping their funding), and those incurred risks that Gen Welsh's predecessors thought were worth taking have now become issues current AF leadership has to address and fund now."
Agree. USAF maintenance problems are mostly of their own making.
Mismanagement of an $81B program hasn't helped either.
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Your claims are irrelevant and this story is not helpful.
The current reduction in USAF readiness and TACAIR capabilities is necessary in order to procure the F-35 Fleet of tomorrow to a sufficient level procured, to enable the successful F-35 Program!
Why can't you people grasp this plan of attack!
Everything is fine. Relax folks...
USAF will be procuring 80+ low maintenance F-35 by FY18's FRP timeframe. These will be replacing said redundant and expensive legacy jets unable to be maintained today by the hundreds just as the economy turns around and Defense Budgets shoot to the moon!
Watch and learn.
Wow. I have never had a harder time discerning whther a statement was sarcastic or serious than the one posted anonymously at 10:40 PM.
And now the F-35 just got grounded due to a crack in a turbine blade.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/22/lockheed-fighter-idUSL1N0BM77T20130222
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