Years After USAF and Navy Were Told to Up Fighter Readiness, One Fleet Has Done It: F/A-18

stlbeacon.org - 12/4/2024

The Navy is keeping its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets at 80 percent readiness, six years after former Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered both the Air Force and Navy to raise their fighters’ readiness levels. The Air Force, meanwhile, has abandoned that goal and its fighters’ mission capable rates are still lagging.

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