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House Armed Services chairman: Military readiness 'At A Crisis Point'

Hawkeye10 said:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/07/politics/army-apache-helicopter-crash/index.html

I have of course been sounding the alarm for two years that the military is a wreck and that We the People need to understand this. Also my son was on the scene of this crash as the Officer In Charge of the refuelers.

It is time to wake up.
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Indeed.

Navy strike fighter jets: Two-thirds currently can't fly - CNNPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/us-navy-planes-grounded/index.html
Feb 10, 2017 - (CNN)Nearly two-thirds of the US Navy's F/A 18 strike fighter jets are currently unable to fly, grounded due to repair delays or because they are awaiting spare parts. ... Defense News first reported the amount of grounded Navy aircraft ahead of Tuesday's hearing. ... Today, jets are being ...

Grounded: Nearly two-thirds of US Navy's strike fighters can't fly
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Feb 6, 2017 - Overall, more than half the Navy's aircraft are grounded, most because there isn't enough money to fix them. ... 2. "All of those places are in ship maintenance, aviation depot throughput — parts and spares — and permanent changes of station so we can move our families around and fill the holes that are ...

Budget cuts leaving Marine Corps aircraft grounded | Fox News
www.foxnews.com/politics/.../budget-cuts-leaving-marine-corps-aircraft-grounded.ht...
Apr 17, 2016 - The reasons behind the grounding of these aircraft include the toll of long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the fight against ISIS and budget cuts precluding the purchase of the parts needed to ... The door, found on the flight deck of the World War II-era USS Yorktown, was last manufactured over a decade ago.
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If 2/3's of your military aircraft are grounded, that's a real problem in spares and neglected maintenance (the results of the Obama administration and Dems in congress of that term)

I don't think that this problem is going to be redressed in less than a calendar year or perhaps more.
Anyone have real life experience as to how long its going to take the military air wings to be back up to what's considered acceptable level of preparedness?
 
eohrnberger said:
Indeed.



If 2/3's of your military aircraft are grounded, that's a real problem in spares and neglected maintenance (the results of the Obama administration and Dems in congress of that term)

I don't think that this problem is going to be redressed in less than a calendar year or perhaps more.
Anyone have real life experience as to how long its going to take the military air wings to be back up to what's considered acceptable level of preparedness?
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Not just that but pilot proficiency. Simulators are nice and all, but cannot replace the real deal. You need stick time.
 
eohrnberger said:
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If 2/3's of your military aircraft are grounded, that's a real problem in spares and neglected maintenance (the results of the Obama administration and Dems in congress of that term)

I don't think that this problem is going to be redressed in less than a calendar year or perhaps more.
Anyone have real life experience as to how long its going to take the military air wings to be back up to what's considered acceptable level of preparedness?
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A $600 billion defense budget isnt large enough for you. Why is the Obama administration at fault?
 
Floridafan said:
A $600 billion defense budget isnt large enough for you. Why is the Obama administration at fault?
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United States budget sequestration in 2013

The sequestration decimated the military, yet I don't think there were any reductions in missions (military or emergency relief) that the military was tasked with during the same time.

And, no, not just the Obama administration, it was also the doing of the congress then in session.
 
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