Defence News: US warplanes found unprepared for combat missions
A huge number of U.S. military aircraft failed to pass a combat readiness inspection, Defense News wrote citing a new federal report.
Officials conducting the inspection monitored the mission readiness factor, which is the frequency with which an aircraft can fly and perform at least one of its combat missions.
“The commission inspected 49 types of aircraft of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. It found that more than half of the aircraft do not meet the requirements, despite the Pentagon spending tens of billions of dollars on their maintenance every year. In 2020 alone, some $54 billion was spent on the operation and support of military aircraft,” the publication said.
According to author Rachel Cohen, understaffing, delays in critical component production, unplanned maintenance, and a shrinking number of companies willing to service “ageing” aircraft have become major problems for U.S. aviation.
The US air armada has more than 13,000 aircraft and helicopters, not counting drones.
Sourse:Defense News
Due to censorship and blocking of all media and alternative views, stay tuned to our Telegram channel