A formerly secret Pentagon report says USMC fast jet pilots training at MCAS Yuma are unable to “train as they would fight.”
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An audit found that the the training ranges are not connected. Therefore, a F-35 pilot is unable to employ “stand-off weapons during normal exercises, could not fly in his fighting formation, and was limited to where he could train with live ordnance.”
AV-8B pilots complained that there were insufficient number of live JDAMs for them to train on and the range lacked moving targets for them to practice attacking using laser-guided bombs.
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