Report: F-35 Not Ready for Combat Until 2022

[unhappycamper]

http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1651941-report-f-35-not-ready-for-combat-until-2022



Report: F-35 Not Ready for Combat Until 2022
Hope Hodge Seck
5:53 AM

As the F-35 gets ready to deploy its first squadron overseas next year, the air frame still has unresolved problems and maintenance and technical concerns, a dense report released this year by the Pentagon’s director of Operational Test and Evaluation finds.

The report is the focus of a new post by the Project on Government Oversight, an independent watchdog group that has long been critical of the F-35 Program.

In addition to deficiencies and performance issues with the software for the various F-35 variants, the report found that F-35 aircraft spent 21 percent more time down for maintenance than was planned and waited for supply parts for 51 percent longer than they were supposed to. Program delays plague software development, equipment delivery and developmental testing...

[CentralMass]

1. What a "boondoggle:

[6chars]

2. Will they have to upgrade it from DOS to Windows by then?

oy

[Ford_Prefect]

5. COBOL

[bemildred]

3. Well, hopefully combat can be delayed until then.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Hereing Maintance time is

6-8 hours of wrench time for every 4 hours of flight time. Just had our Nellis Squadron of F-35's go over on their way to the Bombing Range. So damn loud,no hush kits,and these are stealth,gees,hear these suckers 15 miles away.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. I suppose they could just subcontract to an off-shore Chinese firm to control costs

and improve quality control.