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Technology aint cheap Russia claims its tech is just as good yet look how poorly its doing in Ukraine
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Its combination of various factors The actual is metric man hours per flight hour. For every flight hour, you need so many hours of maintenance After every flight, aircraft have to checked and numbers dialed in Parts have to be replaced after so many hours Others have to be inspected to see if they have to be replaced At certain points, certain inspections have to done on the airframe and lastly when the aircraft reaches a certain amount of flight hours, the manufacturer has to perform work so it operate for x amount of flights till next major inspection As far readiness, its depends on the mission The radar can be down but the aircraft can still fly for missions dont that require it You dont need the gun or targeting pod operational when you are doing monthly qualifications Navy pilots practice touch and gos on land to simulate carrier landings It would be nice if you could keep all aircraft 100 percent but thats not realistic for several reasons which is why goals reasonable set 80-90 ish , There was famous report by DW that only 4 of Germany's 128 Eurofighters were fully operational but thats not account for various factors
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@kathrynck The key difference is that US due to the its size needs method to maintain an effective but cost effective fighting force
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