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Defense News: More Than Half of Navy's Planes Can't Fly
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 12:53 PM
By: Brian Freeman
More than half of the Navy's aircraft are grounded, including nearly two-thirds of F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet strike fighters, because there is not enough money to perform maintenance on them, Defense News has reported.
This represents about double the historic norm for aircrafts that are out of service for regular maintenance at any given time.
A similar situation exists for Navy ships, as there are also not enough funds to fix them, while some submarines have been out of service for unusually long periods.
In addition, the Navy does not have enough money to move around servicemen to change assignments, and about 15 percent of its facilities are in failed condition.
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