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I think you should also factor out the cost. The cost of one F-35 airframe might exceed a squadron of some jets in this list.
by elashri 3y ago
I think you should also factor out the cost. The cost of one F-35 airframe might exceed a squadron of some jets in this list.
- KyleBerezin 3y agoA F-35A is 70M, and the F-35B is 80M. This is pretty cheap compared to most other jets that are still in production. I don't have perfect numbers for all of them, but the Typhoon is 124 million, the Rafale is 100-120 million, the F-15EX is 80 million, and the Gripen is 85 million. I think the only one that is actually cheaper is the F-16v at 63 million. These are just base procurement costs, when a country buys combat aircraft, they also but a lot of supporting equipment like simulators and maintenance systems. The F-35 is going to cost more per flight hour to maintain than most of these non-steath aircraft though. Especially the Gripen, which was designed specifically to have a very low cost per flight hour.