The F-35 thread, Mk II

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Originally Posted by golder

Only one aircraft doing what it can. Where others had many and even AEW. Does anyone really think the F-35 won't be chosen as the best aircraft, when everything is assessed?

It had 90% availability at red flag
https://www.janes.com/article/94680/...very-milestone

Also 90% on deployment.
https://www.airforcemag.com/deployed...istics-system/
F-35s from Hill’s 4th Fighter Squadron deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, for six months last year. The jets almost instantly began conducting airstrikes while 70 percent of the fleet was able to conduct its mission, said Brig. Gen. David Abba, director of the Air Force’s F-35 Integration Office. By the end of the deployment, that rate had climbed to more than 90 percent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

The Finnish evaluation is recognized to be thorough and objective.
That is why I thought the inability of the F-35 to complete the presumably demanding flight schedule was noteworthy.