Once Again, "They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To"
The Congressional Budget Office published its findings comparing the availability and use of the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with its preceding F/A-18C/D Hornets, and found the newer birds wanting. The Office particularly looked at availability and effective uptime, a shorthand to see just how much use the taxpayer actually gets out of their fancy new jets compared to the outgoing ones.