F-22 basing is expected to be finalized following the delay of the move of a combat-coded squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The move was planned in fiscal 2013 but was put on hold, and then ultimately delayed a year, after Congress put a complete freeze on the service’s force structure changes.
Because this move would remove the dog-year hour credits for periodic maintenance the jet gets for being in a dry environment.
As for pushing F-15C/Ds to a near 50 year service life out to 2030 and the Just So Failed...we have a situation where the combat capability planning of the USAF is now officially doomed.
