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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 17, 2023
The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine
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Collins highlights the low mission-capable rate of the F-35 as a concern.

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