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The speaker argues the U.S. Air Force is designed for at most a two-week war, not a long war, because maintenance, wear and tear, pilot fatigue, and Iranian adaptation accumulate over time.
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Maintenance
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...fight for too long, you have certain issues. One issue is maintenance. Okay? Which is, these are very expensive planes. They require a lot..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...fight for too long, you have certain issues. One issue is maintenance. Okay? Which is, these are very expensive planes. They require a lot..."
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"...fight for too long, you have certain issues. One issue is maintenance. Okay? Which is, these are very expensive planes. They require a lot..."
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"...lose more and more planes. As your pilots get tired, as maintenance issues arise, as the Iranians become much more creative in their response...."
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"...problem number two problem number three is how do you do maintenance right what does three nuclear weapons get you okay well you're forced..."
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"...could be out flanked so um iran is crucial to the maintenance of american hegemony the question that the question now is when will..."
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"...have put less money into both um administration as well as maintenance but i've put more money into administration into bureaucracy okay this is..."
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"...and in fact they pay themselves more the professors and the maintenance and the secretaries lose their jobs to cut costs okay um this..."
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