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Flying is dofferent from being operational in the military sense. Still impressive that those bird are still airworzhy so.
by hef19898 3y ago
Flying is dofferent from being operational in the military sense.
Still impressive that those bird are still airworzhy so.
- _djo_ 3y agoThey're still operational systems in the military sense, just no longer front line combat assets. They've been relegated to R&D & training.
- hef19898 3y agoSo they no longer have operational capabilitied for their initially intended role.
- _djo_ 3y agoYes, but this is splitting hairs a bit. Are training systems considered operational? It depends. In a systems readiness point of view, yes, they're operational even if they've been re-roled, as opposed to being withdrawn-from-use or having another status. But if you consider only front-line combat systems operational and exclude all other aircraft including training aircraft like the USAF's Texan IIs, then these wouldn't be included in that category.