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supersunbird
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So one F35 is damaged a bit after a month of however many sorties and everyone is losing their minds?
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Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds
The F-35’s readiness rates continued to decline through fiscal 2025, with the fleet’s full mission capable rate falling to 25%, according to a GAO report.
www.defensenews.com
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It's Official: F-35s Are Now Being Delivered Without Radars
Delays in the delivery of new AN/APG-85 radars are deeply intertwined with other woes that continue to hound the F-35 program.
www.twz.com
Dave
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So Don is going to forgive Türkiye
www.jpost.com
The United States is expected to send Turkey six F-35 fighter jets as part of an initial transaction, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing Turkish officials familiar with the matter.
The deal would depend on US President Donald Trump reversing the ban on Ankara’s purchase of the latest generation of American fighter jets, the report noted.
Turkey originally planned to buy 40-odd F-35 jets before tensions between Ankara, the US, and key allies, such as Israel and Greece, led the Americans to block the transaction.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pushing for the deal to come through, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently warned against giving the weapon to the Turks.
Trump is expected to throw his support behind the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey during a visit to Ankara – Reuters and The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
When Trump was asked by reporters late last month if he would have any “gifts” for Turkey, he said: “I’m going to probably do something that will make them very happy.”
Speaking alongside Trump, US Vice President JD Vance said a review was underway to determine whether Turkey had complied with US laws to receive the F-35 fighter jets.
“[Secretary of Defense] Pete [Hegseth] and the entire team are reviewing this right now because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened... in order to comply with American law,” Vance said.
Donald Trump expected to lift ban on Turkish acquisition of F-35, send six planes | The Jerusalem Post
The deal would depend on US President Donald Trump reversing the ban on Ankara's purchase of the latest-generation American fighter jets, the report noted.
www.jpost.com
US expected to send six F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, lift bans, following NATO summit - report
The United States is expected to send Turkey six F-35 fighter jets as part of an initial transaction, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing Turkish officials familiar with the matter.
The deal would depend on US President Donald Trump reversing the ban on Ankara’s purchase of the latest generation of American fighter jets, the report noted.
Turkey originally planned to buy 40-odd F-35 jets before tensions between Ankara, the US, and key allies, such as Israel and Greece, led the Americans to block the transaction.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pushing for the deal to come through, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently warned against giving the weapon to the Turks.
Trump is expected to throw his support behind the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey during a visit to Ankara – Reuters and The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
When Trump was asked by reporters late last month if he would have any “gifts” for Turkey, he said: “I’m going to probably do something that will make them very happy.”
Speaking alongside Trump, US Vice President JD Vance said a review was underway to determine whether Turkey had complied with US laws to receive the F-35 fighter jets.
“[Secretary of Defense] Pete [Hegseth] and the entire team are reviewing this right now because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened... in order to comply with American law,” Vance said.
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I assume a lengthy customs inspection was done in Hong Kong
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So guess we are going to see an F-35 being shot down soon.
www.twz.com
F-35 Sale To Saudi Arabia Approved By State Department
The proposed $24 billion stealth fighter deal has major ramifications across the Middle East.
www.twz.com
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The exposes a range of problems with the F35 logistics. The US military has has moved the warehousing and supply chain over to private contractors. This means that they decline delivery of parts to an active war zone. Commercial shipping also lacks the chain-of-custody rigor of military operations, as we can see in the Hong Kong incident. Another problem is that commercial companies run on a just-in-time basis, while the military needs just-in-case for their operations. This is made worse by the military not having insight into where the parts are at any time.
These things have resulted in poor availability of serviceable F35 aircraft. The military is now looking at maintaining some of their own depots for critical parts.