USAF Data Shows Readiness Worsening For Key, Aging Fleets

Brian Everstine February 10, 2023

U.S. Air Force F-15Cs headed for retirement prepare to take off from Kadena Air Base, Japan, in December 2022.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Several key U.S. Air Force aircraft saw their mission-capable rates drop in fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year, with the readiness of the aging F-15 fleet dropping sharply as the service looks to retire the older C and D variants. The mission-capable rates for 2022, provided to Aerospace DAILY...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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