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Three-Quarters of All F-35 Fighter Jets in the USA Not Ready for Use

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An F-35 at a flight show in Dubai 2025. Picture: keystoneThe F-35 fighter jet of the armaments company Lockheed Martin continues to make headlines, not only in Switzerland. According to a recently published report of the US Court of Auditors (GAO), currently only 25 percent of all F-35 jets in the USA are operational in the sense that they would be able to fulfill all assigned missions. This is written by the German online magazine «Telepolis». …
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It is not yet known how many aircraft will ultimately be affected by the technical problem.

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An F-35 at a flight show in Dubai 2025. Picture: keystoneThe F-35 fighter jet of the armaments company Lockheed Martin continues to make headlines, not only in Switzerland. According to a recently published report of the US Court of Auditors (GAO), currently only 25 percent of all F-35 jets in the USA are operational in the sense that they would be able to fulfill all assigned missions. This is written by the German online magazine «Telepolis». …

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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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