Missing: one $80 million stealth fighter jet. If found, please contact the U.S. Marine Corps.
that only between 54 to 58% of F-35 variants in the military’s possession were available in 2022. The numbers are worse for “full mission availability,” which means the plane is both in a squadron’s possession and can fulfill all of its tasked missions. The F-35 A, which the Air Force uses, was just over 40%; the F-35 B and C, which the Marines and Navy deploy respectively, were closer to 20%.
As for the overall trajectory of military spending, unlike the F-35, that’s been going up steadily for years now. Even the most pro-defense industry members of Congress have realized that maybe this plane isn’t actually very good. Rep. Adam Smith, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, likened the spending on the F-35 to throwing money down a “rathole.” But that hasn’t dammed the river of cash pouring into the F-35. Earlier this year, the Defense Departmentwith Lockheed, purchasing another 398 planes for the U.S. and its NATO allies.
As for the overall trajectory of military spending, unlike the F-35, that’s been going up steadily for years now. The House is preparing to vote on this year’s defense appropriations bill, which will allocate $826 billion for the next fiscal year. With that kind of money getting thrown around, small wonder the idea of spendingSo, yes, In many, many ways, the F-35 vanishing over South Carolina is hilarious.
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