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  • US F-35 program only 25%

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to ROB MCCART on Wed Jun 24 10:11:20 2026
    According to the GAO, the fleet's mission-capable rate declined from 67% in
    >fiscal 2021 to 44% in fiscal 2025. The fully mission-capable rate, measurin
    >aircraft able to perform all assigned missions, dropped from 38% to 25%
    >during the same period.

    Due to the Trump Tariff wars Canada has backed off of buying 88 F-35A
    stealth fighters and is only taking 16 of them for the time being.

    Sounds like that might be a lucky thing..

    Yep. See, Trump did you all a solid! :D

    Mike


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  • From Rob Mccart@1:2320/107 to MIKE POWELL on Wed Jun 24 08:17:32 2026
    800+ F-35 airplane fleet struggles to justify $1.6 trillion price tag with
    >just 25% fully mission capable rate amidst systemic software bugs and chronic
    >hardware failures, scathing new GAO report finds

    According to the GAO, the fleet's mission-capable rate declined from 67% in
    >fiscal 2021 to 44% in fiscal 2025. The fully mission-capable rate, measuring
    >aircraft able to perform all assigned missions, dropped from 38% to 25%
    >during the same period.

    Due to the Trump Tariff wars Canada has backed off of buying 88 F-35A
    stealth fighters and is only taking 16 of them for the time being.

    Sounds like that might be a lucky thing..

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