It's the second fleet-wide stand-down of the Navy's trainer aircraft fleet since 2022. 'To me, it didn’t matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy.' The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November. The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules. The sidelining of the Abrams reflects evolving battlefield tactics where drone use has made it virtually impossible for them to maneuver without detection. By Tara Copp, AP
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