74 Percent of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Strike Fighter Fleet Can't Fight
Thanks to sequestration and the F-35.
Dave Majumdar [2]
The United States Navy has awarded Boeing a new contract to help resolve serious readiness problems [3] with its F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fleets.
The Department of the Navy’s (DON) strike fighter squadrons are in a dire situation where—at least at last report during Congressional testimony on Feb.7, 2017 [4]—more than 62 percent of the service’s fighters are for all intents and purposes grounded. Of that total, the Marine Corps’ strike fighter fleet—which is composed mostly of older original model F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets—is in even worse shape with [5] as many as 74 percent of its jets not ready for war.
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