Originally Posted by JSFfan,
my personal costing that I like is a total..lifetime everything in a now year cost
Very pro US Norwegian government put the total cost (2010 dollars) for a 30 year 7900hrs/year operation at 40 billion$ for their 52 F35A's
This comes down to an average of 168500$ total ownership cost per hour.
If we can conclude one thing it is that over the years the cost estimates only evolved upward, in the direction of where our Norwegian friends estimated they would be in the first place.