Mission Capable: How the Navy Harnessed Its Data to Achieve 80% Fighter Readiness
By: Megan Eckstein
April 22, 2020 3:19 PM • Updated: April 22, 2020 10:53 PM
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – “I love data, it’s just awesome.â€
When Commander of Naval Air Forces (CNAF) Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller took command in January 2018, years of tight budgets had robbed the naval aviation community of maintenance and spare parts funds, leaving some squadrons with just enough flyable aircraft to keep their pilots qualified but not enough to do any kind of sophisticated training.
Though money was starting to flow back to readiness accounts, only about half the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets were mission capable and could be used for training and operations. That fall, then-Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered the services to increase to an 80-percent mission capable rate for their fighter fleets in just one year.
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