Maintenance reset for us to get birds ready. Pre-SLM work to give Boeing better airplanes. “It’s those levers that are being pulled: SLM by Boeing, delivery of SLM. If all goes well, by 2025 “we won’t have a strike fighter inventory shortfall,” Whitesell said. Boeing reported that its early jets have taken about 18 months, which the company plans to drive down to 12 months. These jets are meant to eventually arrive at their SLM periods at Boeing facilities in better shape, again letting the company hew to the original work scope and release the jets on schedule. Under the second program, the Navy has done a “maintenance reset” on about 40 jets based on data from Boeing, and then sent the aircraft back to the fleet to continue flying. Whitesell said the Navy has completed this work on 19 jets so far. The IAF’s footprint across India’s forward territories is also likely to decrease significantly.Under one program, Navy personnel at service facilities conduct corrosion correction work on jets at the 6,000-hour mark, and then send the aircraft to Boeing for SLM - thereby removing the corrosion work from Boeing’s plate and allowing the contractor to stick to the original work plan.Decline in combat air patrol: With limited number of fighter jets having capability to be operational, the combat air patrol of the force is likely to decline.Impact of Dwindling number of fighter jets on India’s Security Tejas Naval variant: The naval variant will be lighter than it normal version to ensure easy take-off and landing from Aircraft carriers.
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