Originally Posted by
etudiant
Military operations are expensive, so the hours flown annually are usually more like business aviation, perhaps 1-200 hours/yr, rather than the 1000 hours/yr plus normal in commercial service.
That depends quite a bit on what military you are talking about.
What kind of training?
What kind of op tempo?
IIRC, the SH-60B was acquired with the idea that they'd last about 10,000 hours over a service life of up to 20 years. That's about 500 hours per year.