The P-8A Poseidon’s mission readiness rate has suffered in recent years. Here's why
Geoff Ziezulewicz
As the U.S. Navy’s premier anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon has been plenty busy in recent years over the skies of Europe, hunting for Russian subs while getting regularly intercepted by Russian jets in the sky.
But in recent years, the aircraft’s mission capable rates have fallen below the targets set by Naval Air Forces, according to a report released late last month by the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
While the Navy’s main air command mandates that Navy squadrons maintain a mission capability rate of 80 percent, the Poseidon’s mission capability rate ranged from 53 to 70 percent from October 2018 to March 2020, according to the report.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/06/11/the-p-8a-poseidons-mission-readiness-rate-has-suffered-in-recent-years-heres-why/
