Carter, Redeaux, cept Carter did it in 4 years.
I witnessed it, allot of Planes were not Ready.
I witnessed it, allot of Planes were not Ready.
You should have seen how we kept the 54 Titan II ICBMs on Alert. We used chewing gum and bailing wire to fix non-critical items that, when added together, made bad things happen. The A/C systems were allowed to get so bad that we would watch the tank pressures (the Titan II was liquid fuel and oxidizer) get to the point of having to call the bird off Alert because the liquids were starting to boil inside the airframe.
On base was just as bad. Carter ordered that all A/C systems in the Summer and heating in the Winter be turned off after business hours. The WH ruled that our dorms were under that rule so during the Summers in Wichita, Kansas (100+ degrees every day in the Summer) we had no cooling in our barracks. The inside temps were normally about 110+ degrees even at night. They never turned the systems on during the day because the Base Commander said we should all be at work and that all of us who were off for "crew rest" or night shifts didn't matter.
I detested Carter then and still do today.