(12-28-2021, 05:05 PM)Scooterd Wrote:I am a 34yr military retiree and these numbers still never stop taking my breath away. I maintained a motorpool with 18 howitzers and the 100 combat vehicles that went along with that. It wasn't cheap by any means but everything combined was about the cost of one fighter jet.(12-28-2021, 04:49 PM)fenders53 Wrote: Thanks. That is almost a small contract for them. Defense aeronautics contracts are just enormous. One F-35 costs about $80M and $36,000/hr to fly with maintenance costs included.
All in increments. :Love the yearly defense budget passages. This last one was the largest in history.
Closest to monies in the bank I've found for investments. Have been invested in LMT for decades,
Provided me the opportunity to retire early.
Fly an F35 20 hrs a month for a year, (which I doubt they do). You just paid for another jet in maintenance costs. Drones and missiles start looking cheap.