australia say the f-35 is costed to be about the same as our hornet, which according to janes is $21k for our f-35a, the SH fleet of 24 planes is costing $24k.
UK will be higher because they run the f-35b
this cost per hour is looking like the argument between flyaway, procurement and acquisition costs etc, it all depends on what's being counted in what group
Last edited by JSFfan; 26th Apr 2013 at 15:52.