Pentagon Says Only Half of Its F-35 Jet Fleet Is Mission-Ready

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Pentagon Says Only Half of Its F-35 Jet Fleet Is Mission-Ready

Only about half of the Pentagon’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets are considered mission-capable, well below the target of 65% and a state of readiness the program manager terms “unacceptable.”

www.bloomberg.com

• Air Force general promises to fix the readiness problem
• Cooling system for F-35 considered to be under-performing

@White and Green with M/S

 

[White and Green with M/S]

Pentagon Says Only Half of Its F-35 Jet Fleet Is Mission-Ready

Only about half of the Pentagon’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets are considered mission-capable, well below the target of 65% and a state of readiness the program manager terms “unacceptable.”

www.bloomberg.com

• Air Force general promises to fix the readiness problem
• Cooling system for F-35 considered to be under-performing

@White and Green with M/S

Its a new fighter jet its takes time to eliminate all problems from the jets

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Its a new fighter jet its takes time to eliminate all problems from the jets

It's very delicate compared to previous generation F-16.

 

[gambit]

Here we go again...

Air Power Australia and Pierre Sprey failed. Now we have Chinese troll.

 

[White and Green with M/S]

It's very delicate compared to previous generation F-16.

Stealth jets are always more difficult to maintain than conventional jets you're right