The 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

The 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.