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Air Force Times: Growing readiness woes: Only 7 in 10 Air Force planes are ready to fly
On March 22, as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un prepared to test-launch a missile and tensions rose on the volatile Korean peninsula, a lone B-1B Lancer bomber took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and flew across the Pacific on a Continuous Bomber Presence sortie.
It rendezvoused with Japanese F-15J Eagles for a training mission, before flying on to South Korea to further train with their F-15Ks and F-16s.
But there were supposed to be two B-1Bs there that day. The second bomber that was “scheduled to respond to a clear and present danger in North Korea,” as Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., said in a hearing later that day, was unable to take off. Pacific Air Forces later said a maintenance issue kept the second Lancer on the ground.
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WNU Editor: I am surprised on how old some of these planes are.
FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's a great difference between aircraft flyable in peacetime and EWO capable (Emergency War Order). If push comes to shove, any aircraft that can reach a target and release a weapon WILL launch.
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