Ted Cruz says Barack Obama 'dramatically degraded our military'

"Barack Obama right now, No. 1, over seven years, has dramatically degraded our military. You know, just two weeks ago was the 25th anniversary of the first Persian Gulf war," the Texas senator said. "When that war began, we had 8,000 planes. Today, we have about 4,000. When that war began, we had 529 ships. Today, we have 272."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/28/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-barack-obama-has-dramatically-degrad/