With the overall Federal budget under stress, how does the want of the RAAF to have the F-35 fit into living within one's means?
What would we spend on the F-35 every year to sustain it?
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Living within a budget
The image below is what it costs every year to sustain our legacy Hornet fleet of 71 aircraft.
With the overall Federal budget under stress, how does the want of the RAAF to have the F-35 fit into living within one's means?
What would we spend on the F-35 every year to sustain it?
(click image to make larger)
With the overall Federal budget under stress, how does the want of the RAAF to have the F-35 fit into living within one's means?
What would we spend on the F-35 every year to sustain it?
(click image to make larger)
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At over $42,000 per flying hour in BY2012 Dollars (not including the rolling upgrade program's) , the JSF cost per flying hour make these figures pale into insignificance.
And that is only what the KPMG report reckons!
The actual figures will be a lot higher.
To be fair to KPMG, they did say their estimates, based on the figures provided by LM and the JSF JPO which they were required to accept at face value) could be 28 per cent higher, maybe even more!
What will be interesting will be the RCAF's total tactical fighter sustainment costs by the 2020-2021 time frame. As the geriatric Hornets demand massive increased sustainment investments towards the end of their operation, there will be the additional sustainment costs of the first 12-15 or so CF-35 too.
The total Fighter sustainment figure will push far north than ever budgeted for or estimated.
A more sound and prudent recapitalization plan would have included something closer to the original plan to begin acquiring operational and cost-effective replacement fighters starting around 2014.
That would have likely given the most sustainable and affordable transitional strategy.
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