![]() The USAF plans to buy 1,763 F-35A conventional take-off and landing A models via its programme of record. It is unknown whether Lockheed’s $25,000 per flight hour target would satisfy the service. General Charles Brown, chief of staff of the USAF, recently said he favours tying purchases of additional F-35As to operating cost goals. ![]() Operating costs are priced in FY2012 dollars and not adjusted for inflation. ![]() The company claims hitting that cost goal, as well as related cost reductions for the F-35B and F-35C, will make the Joint Strike Fighter’s life cycle cost affordable enough for the US Air Force (USAF), US Navy and US Marine Corps to purchase their full programme of record for the jet. The agreed upon reduction brings Lockheed one step closer to its stated goal of reducing the flying cost of the F-35A to $25,000 per flight hour by FY2025. The chief of the US Air Force recently tied additional F-35A purchases to its operating cost Decade of Airline Excellence Awards 2020.
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