Were F-22's left in harms way of hurricane because they were not able to fly?
Washington Times:
10 percent of Air Force's $339 million F-22 fighter jets damaged in Hurricane MichaelKeeping the high tech planes airborne has become a challenge and in this case, has made the planes more vulnerable to mother nature than to the enemy.
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The decision to leave roughly $7.5 billion in aircraft in the path of a hurricane raised eyebrows, including among defense analysts who say the Pentagon’s entire high-tech strategy continues to make its fighter jets vulnerable to weather and other mishaps when they are grounded for repairs.
“This becomes sort of a self-defeating cycle where we have $400 million aircraft that can’t fly precisely because they are $400 million aircraft,” said Dan Grazier, a defense fellow at Project on Government Oversight. “If we were buying simpler aircraft then it would be a whole lot easier for the base commander to get these aircraft up and in working order, at least more of them.”
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