GAO’s Latest Report On The F-35 Fighter Acquisition Program Finds No Major Problems. Really.
Loren ThompsonSenior Contributor
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May 3, 2022,09:49am EDT
The F-35 fighter program is a smashing success. How else can you explain the fact that over the last year, Switzerland, Finland, Canada and Germany have all decided to buy it?
In the words of the Swiss government, when compared with other tactical aircraft, F-35 offers “the highest overall benefit at the lowest overall cost.”
The aircraft typically achieves 20 kills for every loss in military exercises, accomplishes strike and reconnaissance missions much more effectively than other fighters, and is the easiest combat aircraft to maintain in the joint inventory.
However, you wouldn’t learn any of that from reading the Government Accountability Office’s latest annual report on the F-35 acquisition program—the effort to produce and upgrade the fighter—because GAO didn’t interview users or maintainers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2022/05/03/gaos-latest-report-on-the-f-35-fighter-acquisition-program-finds-no-major-problems-really/?sh=7ce19e1b3461
