Troy Meink: “We again have some of the best, the best aircraft, even…”

“We need to make sure we have those people there. All right, moving on readiness. This is actually an area that surprised me a bit. You know, We again have some of the best, the best aircraft, even though they're being coming under challenge, under threat from some of our adversaries. 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.” (19:47–19:54)

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