Front Line Air Force Fighters Should Have Ample Supplies of Replacement Parts: They Shouldn’t Have to Go to the Boneyards to Find Parts

America’s fleet of military fighters are the oldest in U.S. military history, and it’s lead to some interesting and troubling situations across all the military services that fly combat aircraft.  

The Marine Corps recently grounded their fleet of fighters after two F-18s from the same squadron crashed in one week.  One pilot was killed. 

They’re also resurrecting 23 retired older model F-18s as they’re short on fighters until the F-35 enters production.   This will increase the risk to the pilots and their missions.

It’s too late to do anything about it now, but the fighters and bombers that the military is using in America’s wars need to have thirty year supplies of every single part that could break or wear out.  I hope that Congress gives the military the funding they need for the new fighters and bombers to have the parts that they need to stay in the air for decades, not years.

Hope Congress and the military work together on this problem, so we don’t get into this situation again.