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Some of the budget caps won't be amended next month but not completely repealed. patty ann? >> so what is the impact on the military if the cuts remain? >> a few examples. last month, the head of army aviation says his pilots are flying at the lowest level in 30 years. 70% of jets and helicopters can't fly. in the navy, out of 542 super hornet jets, half of them can't fly. according to the head of naval aviation, only 31% are fully commission capable. when the navy deployed three aircraft carriers, planes had to be taken from other training squadrons robbing younger pilots of critical flying t...

Been doing great reporting on the issue of military readiness. the number of training deaths and plane crashes. what will be the impact on the military if the cuts and caps you just talked about remain in place? >> just a few examples, leland. the army is flying today fewer hours than any time in the past 30 years. 70% of marine corps jets and helicopters can't fly and out of 542 u.s. navy f-18 super hornet jets, half of them can't fly today. according to the head of naval aviation only 31% of those jets are fully mission capable. when the navy deployed three aircraft carriers earlier this yea...

Concern here at the defense form. the u.s. navy is short 41 warships and 90,000 sailors than it had on september 11, 2001 when the major focus right now is readiness of the us military. my colleagues are hosting a panel as we speak. earlier they spoke with the air force secretary who said, the us air force was to go to war with another country you should expect a lot of casualties. as 70 percent of the marine corps hornets cannot fly, after the air force bombers cannot fly. half of the air force jets overall cannot fly. the air force is also short 2000 pilots. the navy is short 50 percent of t...

On what they call mishaps, crashes of planes and ships the navy, army, marines. is this another example of that or something else? >> it is, leland. there has been a spike of u.s. military plane crashes this year and many in congress point to years of budget cuts as the cause. they are now taking a toll. the u.s. military plane crashes are up 38% this year compared to this point a year ago. the navy plane crash comes two days after an air force training jet crashed killing one pilot and injuring another in texas. earlier this month the head of naval aviation told congress half the navy's 542 s...

Another. >> sandra: what can you tell us about the navy plane that crashed? >> it's a navy c2 greyhound. cargo plane ferrying supplies. it has been in service since the late 60s. scheduled to be replaced in the next few years by the v22 osprey. this latest accident occurred over the summer as two separate collisions at sea involved the guided missile destroyers which killed 17 sailors. this is the latest deadly accident for the seventh fleet. over the weekend another mishap occurred when a u.s. destroyer bumped into a japanese tug boat causing minor damage to both ships. the head of naval avia...