A new report is once again highlighting what a disaster the F-35 fighter jet is. These jets are only “mission capable” about half the time according to the report.
F-35 fighter jets are only "mission capable" 55% of the time, according to a report released days after a $100 million F-35B crashed in South Carolina. https://t.co/Vj1hqNu01t
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 21, 2023
There’s all sorts of maintenance challenges with the F-35 because the jets were unnecessarily overengineered.
🇺🇲 A recent report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that nearly half of our F-35 fighter jets aren't mission-ready due to maintenance challenges. #F35 pic.twitter.com/cmVMlbhUG1
— International Defence Analysis (@Defence_IDA) September 23, 2023
This report comes after the weird incident involving the military losing track of an F-35 and asking the public for help in locating it.
The F-35 program is one of the worst boondoggles in American military history. It is just another indicator of how dysfunctional and wasteful the American military industrial complex has become.
