Derrick Van Orden: “The flight hour cost for F35 [is] up to $40,000.”

“What's a unit cost for an A10 adjusted for inflation? I know we haven't built since the 80s. It's. I'd have to go do the math, but it's considerably less than F35. And what's The flight hour cost for F35 [is] up to $40,000. It's, it's probably not quite that high, but it could be. And the A10 is certainly less okay at loiter time for the F35, depending on basing.” (02:13–02:17)

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