Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
Interesting observation, so the depots are swamped with work and other units do not appear to have the expertise needed for repairs like this. Looks like this team of maintainers will see a long line of F-16s showing up, all in need of repairs.
My sarcastic observation: the DoD depots have been under resourced since the year of the Great Sequester. (2013)
But that's kind of a "big hand little map" PoV so take it with a grain of salt.
FWIW: the USN started doing some depot level work "on the seawall" a quarter of a century ago, on Seahawk Helicopters.
The program used to be called "SDLM on the Seawall" but I am a few years out of date. I am sure that effort has a new name, if nothing else.