Nearly 90 percent of B-1B bombers not ready for war, top Air Force general says 
August 02, 2019 Kyle Perisic Almost 90 percent of the Air Force’s B-1B Lancer bombers are not ready for combat.
Out of a fleet of 61, only seven B-1B Lancer bombers are mission-capable, while 39 are down for inspections and the remaining 15 are in depot maintenance, according to a report by Task and Purpose on Wednesday.
Gen. John Hyten said on Tuesday during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing that the reason for the disrepair is because the military is over-using and under-maintaining the bombers.
“We were just beating the heck out of them, deploying them, deploying them,†Hyten told lawmakers during his request for additional funding to make the necessary repairs. “We had to pull back a little and get after fixing those issues. The depots can do that if they have stable funding.â€
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