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Sustainment/Availability Has Been Achilles Heel for F-35 Fighter

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Sustainment/Availability Has Been Achilles Heel for F-35 Fighter
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing takes off from Eglin AFB, Fla. on May 10. F-15Cs from the 173rd Fighter Wing flew to Eglin AFB from May 1-15 to support F-35A Lightning II B-Course students by serving as adversary air opponents. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo)

Providing affordable sustainment was a key goal for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program before Lockheed Martin [LMT] beat out Boeing [BA] to win the JSF contract on Oct. 26, 2001. On April 11, 2000, the Pentagon’s Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated a Joint Operational Requirements Document (JORD) with six key performance parameters (KPPs) for the fighter. Among the KPPs was high mission reliability. The mission reliability KPP for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy versions of JSF…

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