Air Force maintainers brace to meet Mattis’ 80-percent readiness order
From the Air Force Times website
U.S. Air Force photograph
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has thrown down the gauntlet for the Air Force’s maintainers: Get four out of every five F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets ready to fly at any given time — and get it done by the end of fiscal 2019.
It’s not going to be easy — and not only because those planes aren’t anywhere near the 80 percent goal.
Maintainers are already working long hours, with 12-hour-plus shifts and weekend work a common reality on the flightline. Some are bracing themselves for even longer workweeks as the pressure grows to hit that target — but wonder how much more they can give.
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