Grounded: The RAF's Typhoon jets are struggling to get airborne because of a lack of spare parts
Grounded! Almost Half Of RAF's Typhoon Jets Unable To Fly Because They Don't Have The Spare Parts To Fix Them -- Daily Mail
* Only 20 jets, which cost £126 million each, available at any given time
Almost half of the RAF's new Typhoon jets are grounded at any given time - because the military does not have the spare parts to fix them.
At times only 20 are available for use in Britain's Forward Fleet - used to protect our skies - because so many are undergoing repairs, Ministry of Defence data revealed.
Normally 40 to 50 typhoons are included in the unit. And the situation is so bad that RAF bosses recently had to scrap three of the planes, which cost a staggering £126 million each, so they could gut them for spare parts.
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My Comment: Talk about bad planning, management, and oversight.