I mean it couldn't be something as simple as being a result of our planes being old and hard to maintain. Did you know that in 2017, 74% of USMC F-18s were not ready operations due to insufficient pilot training (not enough flying hours), lack of spare parts, etc.? That is 208 F-18s out of 280 the USMC flies. In 2017, 54% of the USN strike fighters were out of service due to the same reasons the USMC has had with their F-18s. I'm sure the USAAF is having the same problems with their plane inventory.
You might want to think about getting one of these to restore some of that oxygen to your brain that has been cut off because of your tin foil hat.
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During the late 70s/early 80s, there was a similar situation when the administration at the time raped the military budget. Driving down the flight line at Langley, it was not uncommon to see multiple F-15s parked with one or both engines removed. It got to the point the USAF didn’t have money for spare parts, not to mention flying hours were very minimal.
Throughout my career there were periods where multiple accidents occurred in a short time span. The reaction from senior command was always the same. Conduct a command wide safety stand down. Have safety meetings. Determine there was nothing connecting a string of mishaps other than coincidence. Outcome: us line pilots missed a day or two of flying and nothing else changed. Of course, when the accident boards presented their findings and there was any kind of crew responsibility found, a new rule or reg was added to the already enormous mound of crap we were responsible for knowing. It was the well known military technique of spraying everyone with a shotgun blast to fix a problem caused by one individual’s intentional act. Again and again, it was proven that good judgement can not be legislated.
