Why is it so expensive to fly and maintain military aircraft?

Question

I just so some numbers like 20-35K dollars per flight hour for some fighters and that seems ridiculous, anyone know what costs so much?

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Answer 1

Just the cost of fuel is probably half the cost of flight hours. A military jet, for instance an F-16 probably burns between 10,000 to 15,000 dollars worth of JP-5 Fuel per hour.