Pentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35

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Pentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35
 
 
By Vivienne Machi |
 
06/20/2019

DAYTON, Ohio — While various Defense Department officials have expressed skepticism that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can achieve a $25,000 cost per flying hour target by 2025, the department’s assistant secretary of defense for sustainment remains committed to that goal, he said June 20.

“For the A model … no one’s told me yet that I can’t get there,” said Robert McMahon during a media roundtable Thursday at the Air Force’s Life Cycle Industry Days conference here. “Is that a stretch goal? Might be. …“I’m unwilling to come off $25,000 cost per flying hour because no one showed that that’s physically impossible to get to.”

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