12000 personnes devront quitter le service. Les appareils chéris du service vont subir aussi une réduction à savoir
le F-35 B & C, MV-22 , ch-53, comme par hasard ceux qui sont les plus couteux ......
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/wh ... 13.articleOver the next 10 years, the service plans to drastically downsize its force, cutting 12,000 personnel and reducing its number of aircraft, including a significant number of its bespoke Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters, Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotors and Sikorsky CH-53 heavy lift helicopters.
Le détail des réductions par appareil
Cela représente 120 à 130 F-35 B & C en moins pour le serviceIt will also purge one V-22 Osprey tiltrotor squadron, one Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift squadron and two Bell AH-1Z light attack squadrons.
The Lockheed Martin F-35B/C would suffer its first programme of record reduction in its history.
“The Marine Corps will reduce the Primary Aircraft Authorized per squadron of F-35B and C aircraft from 16 to 10,” says the USMC.
EDit : la variante C du F-35 est aussi concernée