America's Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet
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Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go through contractors.

America’s Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu…::Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go through contractors.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      Exactly! How dare they spend American tax dollars paying American companies to employ American citizens!

      Wait…

    • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      Imagine if Canada and the other NATO members paid their fair share of defense. Or medical research.

        • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          Regardless of how you treat them we’d still be subsidizing your defense. And we have some pretty wild disparities in how we treat people depending on weird shit.

    • Scrof@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      622·
      1 year ago

      It actually is and you should be greatful. If you don’t like it might as well move to China or Russia right now.