A Vicious Cycle: The U.S. Military’s Maintenance and Modernization Problem
Brendan Stickles
February 13, 2019
On Jan. 24, Gen. Maryanne Miller, head of Air Mobility Command, took the stage in Seattle and accepted the ceremonial keys to a new KC-46 airplane. She begrudgingly acknowledged to the assembled Boeing employees that she was really just the understudy. The scheduled headliner — Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson — had a hiccup in travel plans and would miss the festivities.
“She is stuck at Hill Air Force Base. She was en route… But they had smoke in the cockpit, so they had to divert back in and take care of it,†Miller explained. “Of course, not a Boeing airplane!†she quipped to hoots and hollers from the factory floor workers.
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