John McCain: “Readiness must be the first priority of the Army.”

does flying Presidential protection missions increase readiness for the high-end fight?

The Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 1,900 fighter aircraft, of which at least 1,100 would be combat coded.

Have you read about the FAST Act? Oh, yes. We have read about it but we really do not, you know, have to, like, pay a lot of attention to it.

If John McCain were here, he'd be saying; Who can we fire? Why is this--this is a pure management problem, it seems to me.