Wilshire to Ukraine · edit-23 months agoF-16s being loaded onto a Ukrainian An-124 in Arizona, USA.imagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1238arrow-down1imageF-16s being loaded onto a Ukrainian An-124 in Arizona, USA.Wilshire to Ukraine · edit-23 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSourly 6 hours flight time is not significant wear.
minus-squareTheOneCurly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoIt does mean significant operational downtime: https://www.technology.org/2023/01/02/did-you-know-f-16-fighting-falcon-needs-17-hours-of-maintenance-for-every-hour-of-flight/
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou might be misunderstanding that statistic. That’s something like, this Squadron had n hours flight time and consumed n*17 hours maintenance. That doesn’t mean a 1 hour flight increases required maintenance by 17 hours.
Sourly 6 hours flight time is not significant wear.
It does mean significant operational downtime: https://www.technology.org/2023/01/02/did-you-know-f-16-fighting-falcon-needs-17-hours-of-maintenance-for-every-hour-of-flight/
You might be misunderstanding that statistic.
That’s something like, this Squadron had n hours flight time and consumed n*17 hours maintenance.
That doesn’t mean a 1 hour flight increases required maintenance by 17 hours.