GAO says F-22 fleet structure, training needs to be revamped to meet high-end threats

By Rachel Cohen / July 19, 2018 at 1:02 PM
The Air Force needs to reorganize its Lockheed Martin F-22 enterprise and increase pilot training to properly address high-end threats, the Government Accountability Office says in a report published today. The report is the public version of a classified study released earlier this year in response to a requirement set by the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Partial squadron deployments and supply-chain issues as well as time-intensive maintenance processes such as caring...

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