Skandaløst dårlig operativ status for F-35A i USAF - A&SF Daily

 

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June 28, 2024

Edited by Greg Hadley with Chris Gordon, Unshin Lee Harpley and John A. Tirpak

The Air Force's F-35As are only mission capable about half thetime, the service said. Here, Airmen with the 388th Munitions Squadron and 4th Fighter Generation Squadron conduct a cold integrated combat turn on an F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan R. Sifuentes

Air Force Confirms Its F-35As Were Mission Capable About Half the Time in 2023

By John A. Tirpak

The F-35A mission capable rate for fiscal 2023 was 51.9 percent, or just over half the time, the Air Force reported. Officials attributed parts availability as the culprit, but the fighter’s MC rate has been declining since it peaked in 2020, and the Air Force will be spending more per tail to fly the jet. The service also said MC rates don’t tell the whole readiness story.