"Easily" by the way does not mean clip one in in 5 minutes :) These things need like 15 hours of maintenance for every flight hour (and this is regular flying

"Easily" by the way does not mean clip one in in 5 minutes :) These things need like 15 hours of maintenance for every flight hour (and this is regular flying with no parts coming off) I have no experience with military planes but I think in this case "easily" means more like "possible in a few months of work". I suppose when an airframe costs hundreds of millions it takes a lot to make it a write-off.