A look into how much it costs to fly America's military planes per hour

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A look into how much it costs to fly America's military planes per hour

    Amanda Macias

    Aug. 13, 2016, 9:00 AM 101,682

 

f22 raptor thoAn F-22 Raptor from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron returns to a training mission after refueling March 27, 2012, over the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian Islands.US Air Force Photo

The US Defense Department's latest financial-management report on reimbursement rates offers a glimpse of how much it costs to fly America's Air Force and Navy planes per flight hour.

The annual report from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) lists rates for "other DoD component user," which are aircraft handled within the Defense Department and "all other user rates" which are for services outside the federal government.

http://www.businessinsider.com/price-military-aircraft-per-flight-hour-2016-8

[Oceander]

Interesting.  Most aircraft other than the fighters ran about $4k to $8k per hour.  Very interestingly, this included the A10 Warthog!  Just another (of many) reasons to keep the A10 around for a lot longer.

The fighters ran about $24k to $36k, except for the F/A 18f, which ran about $11k per hour.