Naval Aviation Leaders: Readiness Improving, but ‘Still Not Where We Need to Be’

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Posted: October 5, 2018 4:42 PM
Naval Aviation Leaders: Readiness Improving, but ‘Still Not Where We Need to Be’

By OTTO KREISHER

NavAirPhotoWASHINGTON — The combat readiness of naval aviation is improving, but it is not where it needs to be, the Navy and Marine Corps top aviation leaders said Oct. 5.

Vice Adm. DeWolf Miller, commander of Naval Air Forces, said his readiness has increased from the one-third availability reported by his predecessor a year ago, “to about 50 percent, on average. We’re still not where we need to be.”

“I have 260 airplanes [ready] on average. We need 341,” Miller told a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum.

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