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Fighter Fiasco: The Navy’s Version of the Stealth F-35 Is In Trouble

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Fighter Fiasco: The Navy's Version of the Stealth F-35 Is In TroubleTesting data obtained by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) indicates that the F-35 variant’s “fully mission capable” rate — a key measure of an military aircraft’s readiness — collapsed from 12% in October 2016 to zero in December 2017 before remaining flat through 2018.