La Marina USA esulta per il risultato raggiunto ... anche se evita di citare gli F-35C ... forse perché il numero dei velivoli di tale tipo che ha, al momento, in dotazione è ancora piuttosto basso ai fini di una corretta valutazione ...
The Navy has exceeded the Defense Department’s requirement of having 80 percent of operational Super Hornets and Growlers mission capable and has met the stretch goal it set for itself, the service announced on Wednesday.
With rates hovering in the 40- and 50-percent range, then-Defense Secretary James Mattis one year ago ordered all the services to focus their time and money on improving readiness.
“We must focus on meeting our most critical priorities first. These include achieving a minimum of 80 percent mission capability rates for our FY 2019 Navy and Air Force F-35, F-22, F-16 and F-18 inventories — assets that form the backbone of our tactical airpower — and reducing these platforms operating and maintenance costs every year, starting in FY 2019,” he wrote in a Sept. 17, 2018, memo.
Since then, the Navy’s current F-18 force – the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler – have steadily achieved higher mission capable rates.
The force has neared or temporarily hit the 80-percent mark a few times in recent months, sources have told USNI News throughout the year.
In recent weeks the service has consistently sustained those levels – which equates to about 320 Super Hornets, a number calculated based on the Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory, or those planes assigned to deployable units that would go to combat if called upon, and does not include aircraft that perform training, testing and other missions.
... news.usni.org ... "Navy Surpasses 80% Aircraft Readiness Goal, Reaches Stretch Goal of 341 Up Fighters" ...
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