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The Pentagon spent $300 million on defective and missing F-35 parts over the last five years, and lawmakers are furious
But an investigation by the Department of Defense’s Inspector General said last year the office overseeing the spare ... aircraft availability hours.” The problem with spare parts will ...
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Russian planes starved of spare parts are running into safety incidents twice as often as they were before the war
The country received over $14 million of US-made aircraft parts via the black market in 2022. Besides smuggling, Russia has created a "Frankenstein fleet" by cannibalizing spare parts from jets ...
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Spare Planes: How Many Do Airlines Have On Tap?
Airlines may have comparatively more widebody aircraft as "spares" as the pain of cancelation for those flights is typically higher. Airlines keep certain spare parts for their aircraft on hand so ...