The US’s airpower edge faces a growing paradox: the F-35 is indispensable for a war over Taiwan, yet increasingly unavailable for such a fight. This month, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that persistent supply chain bottlenecks and flawed contractor oversight have caused the F-35 fighter jet program’s full mission capable rate to plummet […] The post Power paradox: F-35 readiness crisis clouds US airpower over Taiwan appeared first on Asia Times .