Shortage Of Maintainers Hurting Readiness Of Air Force

November 04 2015

USA

The U.S. Air Force is suffering from a significant shortage of key aircraft maintainers, reports the Air Force Times.

The shortages affect crew chiefs and flightline avionics airmen, including 7-level craftsmen and 5-level journeymen, according to the service and the maintainers themselves.

"Given the demands that we have today ... [undermanning] becomes problematic because we’re asking our maintainers to do more with less," Col. Patrick Kumashiro, the chief of the...

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