razgriz19
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Try bending a paper clip multiple times and see what happens.They only pretend to not being able to service it so Military would buy new planes , new models
Technically they could have even used the F14 till now with new avionics and packages
All about commerce here .... that is why folks stop servicing units when they want Governments to buy new items
Those things can only last so long, you can replace parts and avionics but you can't change the structure much without costing fortune. Wing spars have a design life and so does all the other load bearing structures. They can only do it for so long. You can always add new reinforcements, but that's adding to weight and cost, not to mention the long downtime.