F-22 program develops recovery plan, gets funding boost to support 80 percent readiness target

By Courtney Albon / November 21, 2018 at 10:55 AM
The F-22 program office has developed a "recovery plan" to meet Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' mandate that the fifth-generation fighter achieve an 80 percent mission-capable rate by the end of fiscal year 2019. F-22 System Program Office Director Col. Darien Hammett told Inside Defense this week that prior to Mattis' September memo ordering the Air Force and Navy to achieve 80 percent mission-capable rates for the F-22, F-35, F-16 and F/A-18 by the end of the fiscal year, his...

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