Yikes! Zerohedge Reports That Current F-35 Combat Capability is FAR Worse Than We Even Knew

By Grateful Calvin

Last September, the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a damning report on the current capabilities of the F-35 aircraft in the U.S. Armed Forces. In the report, the GAO concluded that only 55 percent of the more than 600 aircraft in use by the military were ‘mission capable.’ The media had a field day with those numbers, but it turns out, it may be FAR worse than we even already knew.

This morning, the anonymous news site Zerohedge released an analysis of the GAO report and found that only 15-30 percent of the aircraft may be fully combat-capable.

70% Or More Of F-35s May Not Be Combat-Capable https://t.co/haLfPTNW9f

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 17, 2024

The discrepancy between the numbers is related to the definition of the term ‘mission capable.’ In its analysis, Zerohedge clarifies that ‘mission-capable’ does not actually mean ‘combat-capable.’ There are several levels of mission capability, so an aircraft that is deemed ‘mission-capable’ may only be suited for training or testing missions. To be ‘combat-capable,’ the aircraft must be deemed by the military to be ‘full mission-capable.’

Read Full Article Here…(twitchy.com)

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