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Cost per flight hour is comparable to some other modern NATO jets, like the F15-EX. But most importantly it's stealth, which is predicted a game-changer in a f
by akvadrako 2y ago
Cost per flight hour is comparable to some other modern NATO jets, like the F15-EX.
But most importantly it's stealth, which is predicted a game-changer in a future near-peer conflict, but also costs to maintain. So if you look at comparable jets it's really only the F-22 or bombers, both of which cost more per hour.
The Chengdu J-20 and Sukhoi Su-57 might be cheaper options, but information is scare.
- ThinkBeat 2y agoThe F15EX is cost per flight hour is not the same. F35 is quite a bit more. While an F-35 can carry 22,000 pounds of munitions to a ceiling of 50,000 feet and a distance of 670 miles at a top speed of Mach 1.6, the F-15EX can haul 29,500 pounds of weapons as high as 60,000 feet and as far as 1,100 miles at a top speed of Mach 2.5. An F-35 costs $35,000 per hour to operate. An F-15EX costs $27,000 per hour.