The report provides a damning depiction of the mission-capable rates and operating costs of the Pentagon's aircraft fleet.
A Congressional watchdog, says that only three types of U.S. military aircraft reached annual average mission capable rate goals during most of the years between Fiscal Years 2011 and 2019. The Air Force's UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter was the only type to hit its target rate every single year during that period. Of the 46 types across the services covered in a new report, 24 of them never met those yearly readiness milestones.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on U.S. military aircraft mission capable rates, which also covers fluctuations in operations and maintenance costs, on Nov. 19, 2020. This notably comes just over two years after former Secretary of Defense James Mattis underscored concerns about this issue in a memorandum calling for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy to do everything in their power to get the mission capable rate of their various fighter jet fleets up to 80 percent.
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WNU Editor: The report is here .... Aircraft Mission Capable Rates Generally Did Not Meet Goals and Cost of Sustaining Selected Weapon Systems Varied Widely (GAO).
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First the Heritage Report now this. Maybe we're about to jettison the nonsense that America is some sort of "superpower," "hyperpower," or "indispensable nation." In order to set realistic goals and formulate sensible policies we need to realistically assess our situation. Maybe we're finally getting there.
I know the editor has posted things critical of Russia and it's military. As the article did not specifically address the Russian military, I did not wish to deviate from the topic at hand. Perhaps the troll at 7:02 should stay on topic.
So sayeth the Russki school marm.
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