Pentagon services face unaffordable F-35 operations and sustainment costs by 2036
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...-costs-by-2036
The 2020 JPO estimate of the F-35A sustainment cost per tail per year in steady state is USD7.8 million, up from the USD7.1 million cost estimate in 2018. The F-35A affordability constraint for sustainment cost per tail per year is USD4.1 million, representing a gap of USD3.7 million between projected cost and affordability constraint.