'Maus92' said: "...It will be interesting to get *real* (rather than shill) reports of availabilities, how many jets are *up* at one time, etc. The Charlies have been the more reliable version in the past, so hopefully that continues."
Not sure who is SHILL or CHILL but anyways here goes for the B Babies:
"Despite software glitches the first-ever Joint Strike Fighter operational squadron had a 98 percent sortie completion rate during a recent Red Flag joint integration exercise, according to a Marine Corps official. Maj. Michael O'Brien, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-121 operations officer, told Inside the Navy during an Aug. 8 interview the squadron only had one sortie where it was unable to provide aircraft during Red Flag16-3. Red Flag is an exercise hosted by the Air Force several times a year..."
https://insidedefense.com/daily-news...tie-completion