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> 35 can fly one hour every two days This is wrong. The F-35 Joint Program Office said that maintenance man hours per flight hour (MMH/FH) were 4.79 for the F
by GalenErso 4y ago
> 35 can fly one hour every two days
This is wrong.
The F-35 Joint Program Office said that maintenance man hours per flight hour (MMH/FH) were 4.79 for the F-35A, 7.48 for the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B, and 7.55 for the U.S. Navy F-35C
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2022/09/02/lockheed-martin-notes-high-mission-capable-rates-forward-f-35s-training-aircraft-lag/ https://www.aviationtoday.com/2022/09/02/lockheed-martin-not...
- twawaaay 4y agoYeah. There isn't a technical reason why a plane can't be in flight every moment it is not on the ground in maintenance. And US is kinda expert at long range, endurance missions with air to air refuelling. The only limitation is on how large budget you have to run your planes (and possibly availability of pilots for some type of aircraft) but this is only for peace time.
- bfgoodrich 4y ago[dead]
- HelloNurse 4y agoThat section of the article has serious arithmetic issues. > Rafale can fly 2,7 hours every day. Direct operating cost is 16.500 USD per hour (cca, 17.000 USD when corrected for inflation). F-35 can fly one hour every two days, and has direct operating cost of 30.000 USD per hour. > direct operating costs per hour of flight will be 1.336.500 USD per month for Rafale and 450.000 USD per month for F-35.
- Algent 4y agoThe second sentence feel like the plane names got swapped, it's the only way this would make any sense.