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Lack Of Aircraft Hampering Marine Aviator Training, Preparedness For Deployment

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Lack Of Aircraft Hampering Marine Aviator Training, Preparedness For Deployment
Orbital ATK AARGM (AGM-88E)lLaunched from U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet. (Photo: Orbital ATK)

For lack of F/A-18 Hornets to fly, the Marine Corps is barely training its pilots sufficiently for deployment and is providing too few flight hours for its “bench” units who are next in line to go overseas, Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis told lawmakers on Wednesday.The Marine Corps fleet of strike aircraft has been ridden hard over the past 15 years of war in which many of the airframes met the prescribed end of their service lives,…

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