“As a result of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, an increase in the need for a US aircraft carrier strike group in Europe is expected.
This worries me, given the current state of affairs with aircraft carriers, ”he said in an interview with Defense News.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, the deployment of an aircraft carrier or the extension of its stay for several months provokes difficulties for the command and leads to a violation of maintenance plans.
“The condition of the ships is also not as planned, and ship repair enterprises do not have enough time to assess the impact of an additional period of operation on the maintenance of the ship,” he explained.
The press service of the US Navy Air Command previously announced the decision to temporarily suspend flights of its aircraft from June 13 to assess the situation in connection with recent crashes.
For example, a military helicopter crashed in California.
And the day before, also in California, a military tiltrotor V-22 Osprey crashed.