U.S. Air Force’s New Sustainment Plan: Copy U.S. Navy

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F-35 maintainers work on a jet at Hill AFB, Utah.

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KISSIMMEE, Florida–The U.S. Air Force is implementing a new approach to address stubbornly low readiness rates across its aircraft with a daring idea: copying the U.S. Navy. The service’s fighter fleets for years have seen mission-capable rates lower than it wants, with a long-standing issue of...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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