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US Air Force bails on Mattis-era fighter jet readiness goal
One of the Air Force's fighters had a lower mission-capable rate in 2019 than the year prior.
The Air Force’s B-1 bombers are in more dire shape than we thought
"We’re just beating the heck out of them, deploying them, deploying them," Gen. John Hyten told lawmakers.
It ain’t broke, but still fix it: How predicting repairs is transforming maintenance
Conditions-based maintenance has already been tested on C-5M cargo planes and KC-135R tankers at ten bases around the world, and has also been used on the B-1B Lancer bomber.
B-1 Lancer readiness is in the toilet, here’s why
A House Armed Services subcommittee says the number of fully mission-capable B-1 bombers is now in single digits.
Government watchdog finds more problems with F-35’s spare parts pipeline
Issues with spare parts are contributing to low mission-capability rates in the F-35 fleet.
By Valerie Insinna