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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1) They are at the cutting edge of technology in many ways & that is not cheap to either make or maintain, many of the parts have short use lifespans (supposedly) and need to be replaced frequently.
2) If the companies didn’t overcharge the DOD, where would they get the money to give multimillion dollar kickbacks to senators & congressmen from?!?
3) Maintenance takes a lot of man hours & the technicians and engineers involved are highly skilled and (hopefully) paid accordingly.
4) Jet fuel isn’t cheap and these things burn through a lot of it very quickly.
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