"Even before the Navy cargo plane crash Wednesday, the number of U.S. troops killed in plane crashes had skyrocketed this year along with the total number of crashes overall compared to this point a year ago, a Fox News investigation has uncovered.
So far this year, there have been 22 U.S. military non-combat plane crashes flying routine operations. That’s up 38 percent from this time last year.
The number of American troops killed in these plane crashes has more than doubled.
...Many on Capitol Hill say years of budget cuts are taking a toll.
The Navy’s crisis in aviation extends into its premier strike aircraft as well.
The head of naval aviation says only half the Navy’s 542 F-18 Super Hornet jets can fly right now and only 31 percent are fully mission capable and ready to “fight tonight.”
It’s even worse for the Marine Corps where roughly 70 percent of its fleet of older model F-18 Hornets can’t fly.
In the Air Force, only half of the bomber fleet of B-1 and B-2 bombers can fly, forcing airmen to scrounge for spare parts in places in a remote desert scrapheap known as “The Boneyard.”...
The Navy’s crisis in aviation extends into its premier strike aircraft as well.
The head of naval aviation says only half the Navy’s 542 F-18 Super Hornet jets can fly right now and only 31 percent are fully mission capable and ready to “fight tonight.”
It’s even worse for the Marine Corps where roughly 70 percent of its fleet of older model F-18 Hornets can’t fly.
In the Air Force, only half of the bomber fleet of B-1 and B-2 bombers can fly, forcing airmen to scrounge for spare parts in places in a remote desert scrapheap known as “The Boneyard.”...
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