☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 5 months agoThe F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.external-linkmessage-square78 fedilinkarrow-up1120cross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1120external-linkThe F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 5 months agomessage-square78 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareD61 [any]hexbear23·5 months agoHAHAH... only 30% can fly and of those, only 30% are FMC. So... 450 in service as of this document, DoD Sept 31, 2023 ... I'm unsure if this is worldwide of just the USA military though. 450 * .30 = 135 (Able to fly at least one of their possible missions) 135 * .30 = 40.5 (Able to fly all their possible missions) Pretty sure its standard that any fighter going up has a wing-man, so that means nobody flies without a buddy. 40.5 / 2 = 20.25 Gotta round that down to an even 20. Anybody know how many airbases/aircraft carriers can support these things? Outside the USA would be the important number to look for... link
HAHAH... only 30% can fly and of those, only 30% are FMC.
So... 450 in service as of this document, DoD Sept 31, 2023 ... I'm unsure if this is worldwide of just the USA military though.
450 * .30 = 135 (Able to fly at least one of their possible missions)
135 * .30 = 40.5 (Able to fly all their possible missions)
Pretty sure its standard that any fighter going up has a wing-man, so that means nobody flies without a buddy.
40.5 / 2 = 20.25
Gotta round that down to an even 20.
Anybody know how many airbases/aircraft carriers can support these things? Outside the USA would be the important number to look for...