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According to the Russian military news network reported on April 27, the U.S. 5th generation fighter F-35 “Lightning” II was originally a price F-22 “Raptor” cheaper alternative and R & D, but in recent years the overall cost of the F-35 increased in a total of 2443 F-35 procurement costs rose to $ 382 billion at the same time, these aircraft use the 30-year service period is expected to cost as high as 1 trillion dollars, the indicators have begun to catch up with the F-22.

Pentagon’s independent expert on April 15 to submit to Congress a special report that, according to the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps active duty aircraft, primarily F-16 “against Eagle”, F/A- 18 “Hornet”, AV-8B “Harrier” fighter of the use of cost data, estimated the U.S. military plans and equipment 2443 F-35 fighter in his 30-year service period with a total cost of about $ 1 trillion, which an index does not include all 2443 F-35 fighters total $ 382 billion in procurement costs and $ 56 billion R & D costs.

U.S. Department of Defense statistics experts point out that every F-35, the average life expectancy of 8,000 flight hours, just the service life of 30 years, use of relevant evaluation period is assumed aircraft 2016-2046 years. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps each has its own F-35 version, the planned date of the equipment varies, the Air Force and Navy expected to begin in 2016, equipped with the first F-35A and F-35C fighters, more than scheduled project completion date of the official two years earlier, while the Marine Corps in 2035 is expected to equip F-35B aircraft. Considering all 2443 aircraft can not simultaneously serve the U.S. military in 2035 only to have all of 2443 after the aircraft, and to the early 1940s of the first F-35 will begin to retire, after all, the U.S. Air Force base this year, Enge Li it is possible to equip the end of the first batch of 20 F-35. Thus, the Pentagon’s 30-year assessment report on the total cost of trillions of dollars is obviously a bit high, although the report pointed out that some of the reasons do exist, such as individual parts susceptible to damage, such as the high cost of flight per hour, but specific figures are not disclosure.

Pentagon F-35 Program Office, Wright pointed out that the Navy will be the text, the Defense Department will work to reduce the F-35 program development, production and use of the cost of $ 1 trillion figure is not final and accurate assessment results. F-35 is currently not scheduled flights, and now can not be an accurate statistics of the cost per hour of flight. In addition, the aircraft structure is not frequently change the parts with the same period of the statistics are not particularly accurate. $ 1 trillion estimate of the cost figures do not use any existing data to support accurate. However, in 2009 the Pentagon submitted a similar report to Congress estimates the figure is $ 915 billion.

Pentagon and the U.S. Congress is not yet confirmed that the cost of the F-35 using official data. $ 1 trillion figure is the Bloomberg news agency quoted their relevant documents from the Department of Defense has been disclosed, and other data reported by different sources. Such as the United States’ global flight “magazine to get the data using the F-35 costs only $ 442 billion (2002 parity), converted to 2011 price ratio is about $ 549.04 billion, a figure derived from the text of Wright, General 4 22 at a press conference to disclose the relevant data, if coupled with 2443 total $ 382 billion in procurement costs and $ 56 billion R & D costs, the entire project cost a total of $ 987 billion. Reuters reported that Britain’s F-35 end-use cost of $ 443 billion.

statistics that the U.S. Naval Air Command, F-35 flying hour cost of $ 30,700, far higher than the FA-18 or AV-8B flight cost $ 19,000 per hour. In 2443 the F-35 life of 8,000 flight hours on average to calculate the overall flight costs about $ 600 billion, if coupled with improved aircraft overhaul and upgrade costs ,8000-9000 million using the cost is still very real.

contrast, the price F-22 aircraft manufacturing and procurement costs totaled $ 77.4 billion, costs are rising, the initial $ 150 million from the end of last year rose to 400 million $ 11.7 million U.S. Air Force has equipped the original 187 in the 166, and the remaining aircraft will be delivered complete within the next two years. U.S. Air Force headquarters in July 2009, official statistics say, F-22 flying hour cost of $ 44,000, while the Air Force Office of the Secretary of the statistics is $ 49,800. F-22 originally as a cheaper alternative to the development of the F-35 costs are increasing year by year, gradually catch up with the F-22 a great trend. According to the U.S. Administration to monitor the statistics, the unit price from $ 103 in 2008 rose to $ 1.7 million now to 100 million $ 15.5 million, to small batch production began in 2016 when the average price will reach 100 million $ 425 billion , which the Air Force version of the F-35A purchase price of 100 million $ 21.4 million, the Marine Corps version of the F-35B 100 million purchase price of $ 61 million F-35C naval version of the purchase price of $ 145 million U.S. dollars, and these are still current parity, the real 2016, this figure could also increase substantially.

regularly adjusted as the development period, the Pentagon is not yet accurate assessment of future production of the F-35. Preliminary data suggest that the United States should carry out small volume production by 2016 to get 325 F-35. Overall R & D projects from the end of 2018, after entering mass production stage, until 2035, from 2443 to count the total purchases, the amount of the factory every year at this stage should not be less than 124. (Compiled: Shu-shan)

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