These are improvements necessary to secure our borders. For example. we have an outdated fleet of aircraft. The P3 fleet which serves as our border securitys primary air surveillance is over 40 years old. 20 years beyond the average life of this type of plane. Last month. the entire fleet was grounded due to safety issues uncovered during a routine inspection. The entire fleet needs to be overhauled to extend its service life. Example No. 2. outdated vehicles. Nearly 1.700 vehicles are virtually unusable due to the wear and tear of the desert. extreme environments and hard use. forcing border patrol agents and investigators to use vehicles with a high breakdown rate. Example No. 3. lack of sufficient patrol boats. There are not enough patrol boats today. resulting in fewer patrol boat hours now than we had in 1998. about half the number of hours needed to meet the mission requirement.
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