Cutting orders just results in all the development costs being amortized across fewer aircraft, driving up unit costs. That's how we ended up with the B-2 costi

Cutting orders just results in all the development costs being amortized across fewer aircraft, driving up unit costs. That's how we ended up with the B-2 costing almost $1B per plane. The cost per flight hour for the F-35 should eventually be lower than the F-15/16. This will be the only way the US can maintain an adequately sized air force, and naval air arm.