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Marine Jets: The Good, Bad, and Ugly.
- Thread starter Ave8tor
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There was another article in Breaking Defense that might be relevant.
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/04/marines-are-flying-only-60-of-f-18-hornets-they-need/
Out of curiosity, how did it get like this? Did the Marine Corps get tunnel vision trying to usher in the -35?
Same deal in V-22 squadrons. Either this is a necessary cost of doing business, or we just never learn.
Yes, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation is giving true and accurate testimony to the Senate Armed Services Community. Yes, for the most part the stuff you saw on Fox news is accurate.
Sounds to me like its time to throttle back on UDP's. Sell more JSFs (or Rhinos or whatever) to Japan and let them cover their own ass/ deal with DPRK.
Sounds to me like its time to throttle back on UDP's. Sell more JSFs (or Rhinos or whatever) to Japan and let them cover their own ass/ deal with DPRK.
That doesn't sound very EXPEDITIONARY. We MUST continue the deployment cycle. Twenty broken hornets and six harriers are the only thing keeping us from losing the war in Guam.
Two days ago in FL, I saw an F-35B fly around, hover, then resume flying around. It was damn cool. Got a photo of it, too.
I had eggs for breakfast. No picture though.
Millennial fail
87 MC jets? Is that in the morning or in the evening when the flight schedule is bleeding red?
From Defense One. http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/201...ilitary-readiness/127709/?oref=d-channelriver
A major part of the problem is that Congress routinely starves readiness to pay for its pet projects. One need look no further than the budgetary sleight-of-hand being proposed by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee. He and other committee members want to move $18 billion from the war budget to the Pentagon’s base budget. This would not change the 2017 top line, but it would withdraw billions of dollars from the operations and maintenance budget – the place where readiness funds reside — to pay for weapons and activities the Pentagon hasn’t even asked for. Included on the list are 11 additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 14 F/A-18E/F combat aircraft and 27,000 additional active duty military personnel.
A major part of the problem is that Congress routinely starves readiness to pay for its pet projects. One need look no further than the budgetary sleight-of-hand being proposed by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee. He and other committee members want to move $18 billion from the war budget to the Pentagon’s base budget. This would not change the 2017 top line, but it would withdraw billions of dollars from the operations and maintenance budget – the place where readiness funds reside — to pay for weapons and activities the Pentagon hasn’t even asked for. Included on the list are 11 additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 14 F/A-18E/F combat aircraft and 27,000 additional active duty military personnel.
To be fair, having some additional aircraft would also benefit the operations and training side of the house, though more indirectly and years down the road. But it isn't completely useless IMHO. Part of the maintenance problem is simply having too many old, or overused/high hour aircraft in the inventory.
But God forbid anyone in acquisitions mixes pots of money, or it's off to jail for you.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/03/the-marines-are-running-out-of-fighter-jets.html
The Marines Are Running Out of Fighter Jets
The service is running short of planes to fight wars and train its pilots. But the problem is one of the Marines’ own making.
The Marines Are Running Out of Fighter Jets
The service is running short of planes to fight wars and train its pilots. But the problem is one of the Marines’ own making.