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November 16, 2022 | International, Aerospace

Here’s all the military planes that GAO says fall short on readiness

About half of the aircraft studied never reached their annual readiness goal between fiscal 2011 and 2021, despite billions of dollars in spending.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/2022/11/17/heres-all-the-military-planes-that-gao-says-fall-short-on-readiness/

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