As someone who works in an electronics field, techs don't
Posted on: May 11, 2025 at 10:10:36 CT
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exist and have to be home grown. Tech schools steer students to IT-related training. RF is barely covered. The military has some electronics techs, but they are largely board-swappers where spare boards are in ready supply. The bad boards are then sent to a depot (Motorola is sending repairs to a facility in Mexico. Think about it--radios with system keys and encryption keys are being sent to Mexico.)
I doubt the FAA techs are keeping enough battle spares on hand and are making fixes with duct tape and baling wire.