Well then I have a bargain for you. A brand new F-4E Phantom cost about $2.5 million. Well it did in the 1960s.
Okay, okay. A new F-15 from Boeing is $100 million, while a new F-22 is $140 million. The F-15 costs $17,465 per hour to fly, and the F-22 costs $19,750 per hour.
As far as I know, the F-22 was on track for an 85% mission capable rate fleetwide last year, and the 525th FS was at 100%. But I guess everyone is hung up on the 62% MC from 2008.
By availability, I mean hours of maintenance per hour of flight.
I’m sure its very available if you set the bar low enough.