F-22 Raptors line up with F-15 fighters on the Anderson Flightline. Photo from Flickr.David Axe, National Interest: The U.S. Air Force Cannibalized an F-22 Raptor Squadron
It's better to have fewer but larger flying units.
There was a silver lining in the hurricane that devastated Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida's panhandle region in October 2018.
The storm forced the U.S. Air Force to redeploy Tyndall's resident squadrons of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters -- and gave the flying branch the chance to boost the size of other F-22 units, making them more efficient.
In that sense, Hurricane Michael helped the Air Force to accomplish something that the Government Accountability Office had argued the flying branch should do. Equip each front-line unit with no fewer than 24 planes.
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