The 5 US Pacific Air Bases The Pentagon Quietly Flagged For Crumbling Infrastructure

The United States military has over 700,000 facilities across almost 5,000 sites at home and abroad, with much of the infrastructure aging. Around a third of the buildings are more than 50 years old, while less than 5% of the budget is allocated to maintaining its massive amounts of infrastructure. A Fiscal 2025 audit found the deferred maintenance backlog had reached over $278 billion across the military. However, zooming into the air bases in the Pacific, the picture becomes more nuanced.