USAF aircraft totals and serviceability rates just for some comparison.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2576114.html
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2576114.html
hoom wrote:Was just gonna post that.
Its pretty interesting, some types they have fewer than I'd have thought, others far far more.
Also kinda deceptive, I see 200 F15s & think 'Oh that's not so many' but then there are another 250 so its actually 450...
Then 150 F16 sounds OK until I notice the other 800 that my eyes skipped over![]()
Had no idea they had anywhere near as many C-17s as that![]()
Must have retired C-5?
And completely crazy numbers of KC-135.
But then for full picture you need to add helicopters, Marines & Navy (I wonder if they're including Air National Guard in these numbers?) and then the total numbers become mind bending.
hoom wrote:Was just gonna post that.
Its pretty interesting, some types they have fewer than I'd have thought, others far far more.
Also kinda deceptive, I see 200 F15s & think 'Oh that's not so many' but then there are another 250 so its actually 450...
Then 150 F16 sounds OK until I notice the other 800 that my eyes skipped over![]()
Had no idea they had anywhere near as many C-17s as that![]()
Must have retired C-5?
And completely crazy numbers of KC-135.
But then for full picture you need to add helicopters, Marines & Navy (I wonder if they're including Air National Guard in these numbers?) and then the total numbers become mind bending.
GarryB wrote:The secret to the C-17s success is what they are trying with the F-35.
Make the factories that make all the parts in economically depressed areas so members of congress with rubber stamp new production orders to keep workers in their areas working and happy.
The Pentagon stopped asking for C-17s because Congress would order new production models every year without the Pentagon having to even ask... super successful.
Except this arrangement also made them super expensive... but you could turn that around and say they are an investment of money to depressed areas of the US... so think of it as welfare...
The C-17 is no better than an Il-476 yet costs 5-10 times more...
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