Troy Meink: “I knew there was a readiness challenge. I didn't appreciate…”

“F22, F35B2 best programs, best aircraft flying right now, again coming under challenge. But they are still very dominant, very dominant weapon systems. And I knew there was a readiness challenge. I didn't appreciate how significant that readiness challenge was. You know, it's a phenomenal platform. But when I go out to Langley and there's a number of aircraft non operational sitting around the ramp that aren't even being worked on because we simply don't have the parts to do that.” (20:05–20:12)

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