USAF Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had a few sharp words for anyone harping about ongoing problems with new space programs: “There’s a lot of blame to go around there.” From a new weather satellite to a ballistic missile warning satellite replacement, Pentagon officials admit to schedule delays and cost overruns. “We have some space systems that are not in good shape right now,” Myers said bluntly. “The department is a piece of that, industry’s a piece of that [and] the Congress is a piece of that.” He added that fixing the programs are a “long term issue.”
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
