[Global Network Military Report] According to a report on the US "National Interest" website on November 7, according to the contents of the research report previously published by the US RAND Corporation and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), the US air force is being Excessive use" and facing problems such as insufficient maintenance. During the "New Cold War" deal with China or Russia, the United States could not even allocate enough air force to perform various tasks.
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reported that at present, the U.S. Air Force is like a "truck transport company". They have too few "truck" and too much "cargo" they need to transport. In the report, the RAND Corporation explored whether the U.S. Air Force is capable of coping with four possible conflict situations in the future: first, a new Cold War with Russia or China, accompanied by major regional conflicts similar to the Vietnam War; second, the same new conflict. The Cold War was only accompanied by short-term regional conflicts similar to Operation Desert Storm; then there were peaceful (period) operations, such as establishing and maintaining a no-fly zone, and finally, counter-insurgency operations. The RAND research basis includes historical data on actual actions taken by the U.S. Air Force in response to these conflicts, and to evaluate whether the force can meet the needs of eight types of missions, including air superiority (air superiority), ) Strike, air transportation, air refueling and C3ISR (command and reconnaissance). The
report pointed out that, according to RAND’s calculations, in “almost any situation”, the US Air Force could not meet 100% of mission requirements. Specifically, in long-term regional conflicts, the US Air Force can only meet 62% of offensive and 65% (ground) strike requirements. But in addition, the unit can meet 92% of the air tanker demand. The most incredible thing is that in the above four conflict situations, the implementation of peace operations poses the greatest pressure on the US Air Force: In the case of peacekeeping/no-fly zones, the US Air Force can only meet 29% of C3ISR requirements. 32% of tanker requirements, 40% of special operations mission requirements and 46% of bomber mission requirements. In this regard, RAND explained that the establishment and maintenance of a no-fly zone requires continuous rotation of a large number of fighters, tankers and C3ISR platforms, so long-term operations will overwhelm the US Air Force. According to reports, an earlier report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office showed that between 2011 and 2016, a total of 13 types of military aircraft were targeted at the U.S. Air Force and Navy, including the B-52 "Stratofortress" strategic bomber and the F- The availability check of 22 "Raptor" stealth fighter, F/A-18 E/F "Super Hornet" carrier fighter and AV-8B "Sea Harrier" vertical take-off and landing fighter revealed a series of serious problems, such as warehouse maintenance delays, The required parts are discontinued and the flight time of the airframe exceeds the service life, etc. "The availability of aircraft failed to meet (expected) targets, and (related) training and combat missions may not be completed in time based on demand," the U.S. Government Accountability Office pointed out. "For example, officials from the F-22 Squadron pointed out that there is a lack of available aircraft. This has caused a shortage of well-trained pilots. F-22 pilots need (conduct) comprehensive training to complete their air superiority missions. In addition, (U.S. Air Force) command officials stated that when the availability of aircraft does not meet the target, (The troop) may not have enough aircraft to respond to urgent needs."
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