Air Force F-35s fly in formation over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Air Force
Daily Beast: The U.S. Air Force Is Headed for a Crash: Too Many Old Planes, Not Enough Cash
Most people replace their cars every six years, but the Air Force might hold on to a fighter jet for nearly half a century.
The U.S. Air Force’s planes are old—and getting older. The average Air Force plane is 28 years old, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That means hundreds, if not thousands, of Air Force pilots are flying planes built before they were born.
Replacing huge numbers of aging aircraft with newer models could be very, very expensive—up to $26 billion annually by the mid-2030s.
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WNU Editor: The F-35 has been one money pit for the Air Force .... at the expense of other planes. And the results of this policy are now being felt.
8 comments:
The end of the cold war makes the Pentagon being blind. The wake up is hard.
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@Anon 2:45
Do you ever get tired of putting out low quality bait?
No the F-35 isn’t the cause of the old plane syndrome. Sequestration is the reason. It mandated defense take 50% of the cuts in spending growth despite defense accounting for 30% of federal spending. That was why defense as a whole lagged on modernization, maintenance and R&D. Plus Obama’s wars in Libya, futile war in Syria and Afghanistan all draining defense accounts. Preventable by Obama and the Congress but both too corrupt to do the national interest.
They should consult with the Canadian Air Force on how to keep ancient dinosaur aircraft in the sky’s.
I agree with Anon 4:52
Enough already with the griping about old planes.
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