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F-35 Mission-Capable Rates 2023

The mission-capable rates of the F-35 aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in 2023.

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Jan 13, 2026
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How do F-35 mission-capable and sortie-per-aircraft metrics compare across services (USAF, USN, USMC) and partner nations?

Mission-capable (MC) and sortie-per-aircraft metrics for the F-35 show a mixed picture: U.S. Air Force F-35As have operated at roughly half of the time mission-capable in recent years, U.S. services a...