From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> And I caught a bit on the news yesterday saying our Mil Aircraft are
> wearing out faster than expected
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all equipment .  10 times what they've programmed for?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7662481
The Army operates several repair depots like this around the country, where
mechanics fix vehicles, upgrade armor, and also work on broken radios,
generators, and other military machines. It's a job that's become
especially important as U.S. involvement continues in the Middle East. At a
recent congressional hearing, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker
said military hardware is under what he called "unprecedented
stress."

"The destruction of equipment, the wearing out of equipment has
accelerated over what it was before," he said. "I mean we're
wearing out helicopters, trucks, Humvees, tanks at rates that are six,
eight, 10 times in some cases what we're programmed for, so obviously
combat action is destroying equipment we've committed."

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