â Only ticks that are attached and have finished feeding or are near the end of their meal can transmit Lyme disease. After arriving on the skin, the tick that spreads Lyme disease usually takes 24 hours before feeding begins. â Even if a tick is attached, it must have taken a blood meal to transmit Lyme disease.
All this in a period when the Air Force is the smallest and oldest since its inception in 1947. Of its roughly 5,000 aircraft, the average age is twenty-five years old. Todayâs Air Force is already struggling, and tomorrowâs is entirely at risk.
Total aircraft force of the U.S. Air Force for fiscal years 2016 to 2018, by type Total aircraft force of the U.S. Air Force 2016 to 2018 by type Total number of fighters and bombers in the active inventory of the U.S. Air Force for fiscal year 2015, by type Total number of fighters and bombers in the U.S. Air Force 2015, by type