Most USAF Mission-Capable Rates Dropped in 2021

Brian Everstine December 03, 2021
U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainers from the 94th Fighter Squadron service an F-22 Raptor during Red Flag Alaska, 21-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on August 20, 2021.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
Almost all of the U.S. Air Force’s fighters, mobility aircraft and bombers saw a reduction in their mission-capable rates in 2021 compared to the previous year. The Air Force’s entire fleet had a mission-capable rate of 71.53% in fiscal 2021, a slight drop from 2020’s total rate of 72.74%. The rates...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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