Another Installment of … F-35 Cost Per Flying Hour

Posted by Amy Butler 11:35 AM on Apr 24, 2013

The plot thickens on the F-35 cost-per-flying-hour discussion.

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall says the cost-per-flying-hour figure for the F-35A recently provided by the stealthy fighter’s program executive officer to The Netherlands is more aggressive than the official figure that will go next month to Congress.

USAF Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan told Dutch lawmakers that the flying hour cost for the F-35A would be about 10% higher than the F-16, a sharp reduction from earlier assessments.

“It is with a certain set of assumptions,” Kendall told reporters during a roundtable April 24 at the Pentagon, that Bogdan arrived at that figure. “I’m not sure we want to use that set of assumptions.”

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in 2030?

More or less what is scheduled allowing new AdlA Chef d’Etat Major in an inteview(during the 30ies)

Anyone noticed this deal is for about 5 billion dollars? For 25 F16 only? Doubtful.

Neither sounds optimum.

It’s called a Ski jump.

My bad, i’m not english born.

I would prefer that britain and france built something that was a world beater and of strategic importance to their defence sectors. Will that happen? Most think not. I also question the sharing of LO technology some of which could be unique to either country. So perhaps that is clearer?

Sadly i agree, hard to imagine Dassault and BAE sharing work… And yes it is way clearer, my apologizes if i was a bit harsh.

That seems harsh. I couldn’t post appropriate roll eyes smiley because I was on my phone…. 🙁

You’d prefer Neuron wont lead to anything due to Brit inerference? As hmmm… limited sentence?

Why in gods name would they contemplate F-18SH if it cost more to operate than F-35 ?

Bang on the button Kyle