[SZonian]

I wasn’t questioning you correcting yourself, I was questioning the information you’re using to base your posts on.

As I stated, I can’t find a reliable cost estimate nor can I find any information that states the Dutch have officially pulled out of the program (although it’s probably just a matter of time).

You made two claims, I’m asking for your source(s) as a means to verify what you said.

Trust but verify.

That’s all.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

F-35 Costs

http://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100128-072.pdf
From the USAF Feb.2010

F-15 costs

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/04/327369/boeing-eyes-risk-sharing-lower-costs-for-100-million-f-15se.html

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I did this post on the Dutch Government and F-35

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2545417/posts

[diogenes ghost]

The F-35 cannot be considered a success by any measure. It was supposed to be a "cheap' superjet, capable of performing the missions of three types of aircraft, all in one airframe.

It has ballooned in cost, is wayyyy behind schedule, and will perform none of it's jobs well. The only reason so many countries signed onto the program was due to the (not met) low cost, and huge industrial offsets.

Nearly every country involved is second-guessing their decision, and more than one will drop out, or severely curtail the numbers.

It's a flying pig-in-a-poke that was a lousy idea at inception, and still is.