READINESS PANEL TO TOUR EDWARDS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Five House Armed Services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. Readiness Subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun members will take a bus tour of Edwards Air Force Base today as part of a four-day trip to assess military readiness. The congressional officials are touring 22 military bases from Massachusetts to Washington to Texas, asking base commanders to show them their most pressing needs. ``By touring this number of facilities in this short period of time, it kind of presents a snapshot of military readiness,'' said Ryan Vaart, press secretary to the House Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
Spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. shortages, personnel shortages and other readiness problems arose in the post-Vietnam, pre-Ronald Reagan military, then reappeared as in issue during the 2000 presidential campaign. George W. Bush and Al Gore's campaigns traded assertions about whether some Army divisions were unfit unfit not properly prepared, e.g. physically incapable of performing hard work as in racing, because of lack of training. Said also of food prepared unhygienically. unfit for human consumption to go to war and if aircraft mechanics had to pull parts off planes to keep others flying. Congressional officials say the parts shortage and other concerns seem to be resolving themselves, but military commanders still face problems from aging facilities to shortages of personnel and equipment. ``You can only fix an old car for so long,'' said Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, who will narrate the congressional bus tour. Edwards' main runway is some 50 years old and eventually must be replaced - perhaps in seven to 10 years, Pearson said. Water lines and electrical systems are also about 50 years old, as is much of the base's housing, although renovation and replacement projects have gone on for a number of years. |
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