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Troy Meink: “It's not necessarily the age of the aircraft. The age of the…”

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BREAKING: Air Force Sec. Troy Meink Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee Amid Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 32:37

Because that, that, that dollar figure will allow us to buy the parts and maintain those aircraft and bring, bring the availability up. Thank you, John. Just say, Mr. Chairman, in many of the cases, what we've seen is It's not necessarily the age of the aircraft. The age of the aircraft does play into it, but a big part of it is just not having enough parts on the shelf and the maintainers to just keep those aircraft flying. And there's a big investment to do that. Thank you, Mr. Cuellar. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member. I want to thank all three of you all. (32:37–32:50)

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Asserts that lack of parts and maintainers, not just aircraft age, affects aircraft availability.

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