The F-35 has only a 25% mission read rate.
No wonder Iran won the war.
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s readiness rates continued to decline through fiscal 2025, with the fleet’s full mission capable rate falling to 25%, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.
The mission capable rate, which measures the percentage of time aircraft can…
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A few months ago, I wrote about the growing graveyard of “smart” home devices — expensive bits of plastic and silicon that turned into bricks the moment a corporate server in Virginia or San Francisco was switched off. It’s a personal annoyance when your $300 security hub stops talking to…
Ces dernières, différents organismes de contrôle américains ont souligné, à plusieurs reprises, que les taux de disponibilité des chasseurs-bombardiers F-35 mis en œuvre par l’US Air Force [F-35A], l’US Marine Corps [F-35B/C] et l’US Navy [F-35C] étaient insuffisants au regard non seulement des objectifs fixés mais aussi du coût – toujours croissant – de leur...
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Two extra squadrons of F-35s would double the existing order, from 32 to 64.
The F-35’s full mission capable rate fell to to 25 percent in FY25, the government watchdog found.
The U.S. Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin, completed the first phase of the F-35C LRASM Flight Sciences Test Program after a series of integration flight tests from September 2024 to April 2026. Lockheed Martin has announced on June 10, 2026, that the U.S. Navy has completed the first phase of the F-35C LRASM Flight Sciences […]
La Cour des comptes danoise révèle que l'acquisition des F-35 coûtera 25% de plus que prévu, soit 9,5 milliards d'euros sur 30 ans. Cette dérive budgétaire illustre la dépendance européenne croissante à l'industrie militaire américaine et questionne la souveraineté des nations continentales.
The Fleet Readiness Center East completed the conversion of its first F-35Bs from the TR-2 to the TR-3 configuration, which will support the future Block 4 upgrades. A major milestone was reached for the F-35B Lightning II as the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North […]
Canada is quietly sizing up a fighter fleet far larger than anything it has publicly committed to, potentially 140 aircraft, combining Lockheed Martin F-35s with Saab Gripen-E jets built on Canadian soil. CBC News reported the figure, citing sources with direct knowledge of discussions between Saab and Ottawa. “There could easily be a fleet of […]
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The House Armed Services Committee on June 4 approved an amendment to a key defense policy bill that would bar the Air Force from retiring E-3 Sentry aircraft through fiscal 2027.
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The Air Force would keep all of its 184 F-22 Raptors until at least the end of fiscal 2032 under an amendment added to the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization bill.
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Tirsdag formiddag kunne jagerfly observeres over Molde.
Début mai, les États-Unis ont annoncé leur intention de réduire leur présence militaire en Allemagne, avec le retrait d’au moins 5 000 hommes et laissé entendre qu’ils annuleraient le déploiement d’un groupement interarmes multidomaine dotés de capacités de frappe à longue portée, lequel avait été promis à Berlin en juillet 2024. Dans le même temps,...
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An F-35 Lightning II pilot sent tactical autonomy commands via a tablet to the MQ-20 Avenger as part of a recent Manned-Unmanned Teaming demonstration. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that its MQ-20 Avenger drone has been finally paired with the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, after a series of tests with the F-22 Raptor. The […]
The House Armed Services Committee released its first draft of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization bill on May 26. Among the many provisions in the defense policy bill are elements of legislation introduced in the Senate last month authorizing multiyear procurement contracts for the F-35 and F-15EX fighters.
The post Draft NDAA Would Authorize Multiyear Buys for F-35, F-15EX appeared…
The first three F-35s arrived in Poland at Łask Airbase after a delivery flight from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth production plant. The Polish Air Force has taken delivery of its first three F-35A Lightning II fighters on national soil. The aircraft landed at Łask Airbase on May 22, 2026, at the end of the delivery […]
The first flight milestone comes four years later than originally planned, after an initial delay caused by technical troubles.
Four SPEAR 3 missiles were carried on board an F-35B from the Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River earlier this year, marking the first time that the new weapon has flown on the fifth generation aircraft. The long awaited news of SPEAR 3’s first flight test on the F-35B – which took place on […]
L'opération Epic Fury contre l'Iran révèle des pertes militaires américaines considérables : 42 aéronefs détruits selon le Congrès, pour un coût de 29 milliards de dollars. Ces chiffres bouleversent la perception d'une campagne initialement présentée comme décisive.
U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones have been the standout platform in Operation Epic Fury against Iran, Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said May 20.
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The Italian Air Force deployed its F-35B Lightning IIs to Finland, where they conducted highway operations for the first time as part of the Imminent Field 26 exercise. Italian F-35B Lightning II fighter jets have conducted highway operations for the first time during the Imminent Field 26 exercise in Finland. The milestone comes few months […]
To mitigate delays to the integration of the SPEAR 3 missile, the Ministry of Defence confirmed plans to procure SDB II munitions from the U.S. through a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program have been given the go ahead. First reported by our friends at the UK Defence Journal, a letter published on May 14, 2026, […]
The Israel Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth more than $34 million with Cyclone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, to develop and integrate an extended-range capability for the F-35I. On May 14, 2026, Elbit Systems announced on social media that the Israeli Ministry of Defense had signed a contract to develop […]
Israel's Defense Ministry and Elbit Systems will develop an Israeli-made capability to extend the flight range of the Adir, Israel's F-35 fighter jet. The Defense Ministry's Directorate of Defense Procurement signed a contract with Elbit Systems Cyclone to develop a system that will allow the F-35 fighter jets, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, to increase their […]
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Congress has teed up a second reconciliation bill with immigration enforcement money, but future reconciliation funds for defense remain nebulous.
La Marina de Estados Unidos está impulsando el desarrollo de la variante compacta del Raytheon AIM-9X para dotar a los cazas furtivos y a […]
Ces dernières années, les responsables militaires espagnols ont plaidé, à plusieurs reprises, en faveur d’une commande de chasseurs-bombardiers américains F-35A/B afin de remplacer une partie des F/A-18 Hornet [ou C-15M] de l’Ejército del Aire y del Espacio et, surtout, les EAV-8B Harrier II [ou «Matador»] de la Flotilla de Aeronaves [FLOAN]. Et cela, en plus...
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This week on The Break Out, Israel just signaled a notable expansion of air power, and we walk the show floor of the Modern Day Marine conference.
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper told reporters today that six Iranian small boats were destroyed by US forces as the operation began.
Details are still to come, but Israel plans to buy 25 each of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and the Israeli version of Boeing’s F-15EX.