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.
A younger fleet. The current average age of charter aircraft in the U.S. is over 15 years, more than double the average age of the NetJets fleet. Since 2013, NetJets has been receiving delivery of hundreds of new NetJets aircraft. The deliveries span every cabin class and will enable NetJets to have the youngest fleet in the sky.