Posted on Oct 10, 2018
Mattis Orders Supercharge in Fighter Jet Readiness
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I'm sure that the F-22/35 fleet FMC rates are greatly effected by RAM removal and installation/cure. The F/A-18's and F-16's are a sign of an old fleet, no spares and low personnel rates. A good read.
Mattis Orders Supercharge in Fighter Jet Readiness
Posted from military.com
2A3X3: Tactical Aircraft Maintenance
2A3X4: Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (A-10/U-2/F-15/F-16)
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Great warplanes aren't great if they can't get off the ground, and just ordering them to fly can't get them off the ground
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MSgt John Taylor
In the Air Force, we don't track the status of an aircraft by if it's flyable, but if it's mission effective. An F-16 may not be able to drop bombs, but it can still fly safely. Because of stealth, anytime you cut off the RAM coating to access a panel, the plane is non mission capable, until it's reapplied and cured.
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MSgt John Taylor Does that sound similar to the current “be capable of Deploying or depart the Military”?
Is not that the military’s mission? To utilize assets and personnel to defeat and destroy the enemy?
If not, why be in the inventory or on the payroll?
Is not that the military’s mission? To utilize assets and personnel to defeat and destroy the enemy?
If not, why be in the inventory or on the payroll?
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MSgt John Taylor
A musket has fewer parts than a M-16, therefore the musket is less likely to jam in a fire fight.
You can replace a grunt with a bad back a lot easier and cheaper than you can replace a 30 year old fighter aircraft, also, the jet doesn't get to make rank and move off the line. It has to do the same job,required to do it the same way as it did 20/30 years, 10,000 flight hours and 5000 bombs ago.
These are machines that will never operate at 100%, even with a 80% standard, it's hard to achieve with old air frames. And in the case of the F-16, they're not in production anymore. A fighter that has stealth capabilities, the stealth has to compromised to repair and maintain it. While it's compromised, it's shown as NMC even if the original problem has been repaired, it's called honesty.
You can replace a grunt with a bad back a lot easier and cheaper than you can replace a 30 year old fighter aircraft, also, the jet doesn't get to make rank and move off the line. It has to do the same job,required to do it the same way as it did 20/30 years, 10,000 flight hours and 5000 bombs ago.
These are machines that will never operate at 100%, even with a 80% standard, it's hard to achieve with old air frames. And in the case of the F-16, they're not in production anymore. A fighter that has stealth capabilities, the stealth has to compromised to repair and maintain it. While it's compromised, it's shown as NMC even if the original problem has been repaired, it's called honesty.
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