Marine Flight Readiness Improving …Slowly; Thornberry Will Keep Pushing

Marine Flight Readiness Improving …Slowly; Thornberry Will Keep Pushing
Marine Flight Readiness Improving …Slowly; Thornberry Will Keep Pushing

WASHINGTON: Marine Corps aviation is on a “glide slope” to reaching acceptable readiness levels by 2020, the deputy commandant for aviation said Friday. But today the only units fully ready — with enough spare parts, trained maintainers and air crews, and adequate monthly flight hours for pilots — are two squadrons flying brand new Lockheed Martin F-35B…