F-35 Costs $1.58 Trillion to Maintain

Source: https://twitter.com/snarwani/status/1786352990409900433
Published: May 3, 2024
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2024-05-03 23:28:10 by Horse
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Sharmine Narwani @snarwani

The F-35, America's next gen fighter jet at $100 million a pop and a maintenance cost of $1.6 trillion per year, is only 29% mission capable.

@SecDef Austin, visibly owned: "I would not categorize the F-35 as a paperweight." 🤣

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#1: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

I worked at a MC air station in the 90's, They F-35 was to be there by 2000 and would replace all air craft used the the Corp. I left in 2001, still no F-35. Within a year of start up about 1997 the cost had doubled. In 210 an F-35 showed up, was put in a hanger, locked up and armed guards.

Darkwing posted on 2024-05-04 11:48:24   Reply   Private Reply