FNC seems to have some loose lips.
“The overall cost of developing and purchasing the jets currently is projected at $400 billion, while operating and maintenance costs could boost the overall price tag to nearly $1.5 trillion in the coming years. Lockheed Martin has weathered a vast array of design problems, most recently concerns over software and its computer systems vulnerability.”
Lockheed will get rich while the military suffers and fools blame the poor and immigrants
USMC as well.
Saw that full report on the news just before the Air Force report.
Sorry state of affairs much like the Jimmy Carter years.
Obama has to get the money someplace to pay for his Illegals
Active Duty ping.
Budget cuts, terrible spending decisions, and poisonous culture have whittled the USAF away. Damn shame.
Reminds me of the British during the Faulklands War.
We had a museum at Offutt AFB. In it was a British Vulcan Jet. It was so old, that it had exposed rivet heads everywhere except on the leading edges of the wing. The British flew in a crew that spent several weeks getting it in ferry condition and then they flew it out. I wonder what happened to it (my guess is that it was for parts rather than combat, but I don’t know).
Somewhere between then and just post-2000 when I went back, the jet was replaced with a newer Vulcan. I know that it is different because the rivet heads are flush almost everywhere in it.
Plenty of time for ovarian four stars though
“’Wiped Out’: Air Force losing pilots and planes to cuts, scrounging for spare parts, and the insane drive for more F-35s - the world’s most expensive plane.
Wiped Out - another FR thread.
Current pace of operations? Where is that going on anywhere but at Andrews AFB?
Back to the Carter era.
Another thread wiped out! I didn’t even get to read it. Egyptian pyramids might have affected the US elections! Oh no!
No more 8 years of Obama. Just say, Hell no to Clintoon!
BTTT