Posted on Mar 15, 2021
The F-35 tells everything that's broken in the Pentagon
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In my Army ILE course, I wrote a short paper in 2015 recommending a long- term procurement Czar to be the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller ( ASA FM& C) to have a tenure of 10 to 15 years to minimize turbulence between administrations and help monitor costs and best practices over the long term.
President George W. Bush ordered concurrent development testing and production which meant problems have to be fixed while still on the assembly line in limited production rather than when all testing was complete.
There are 3 different support systems which I won't discuss that have slowed down the procurement process and increase the chances of too much fraud, waste and abuse not to mention undue influence or unanticipated cost over runs.
6 years ago, this plane was 7 years behind schedule and a 163 billion dollars over budget according to government accounting office.
In my Army ILE course, I wrote a short paper in 2015 recommending a long- term procurement Czar to be the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller ( ASA FM& C) to have a tenure of 10 to 15 years to minimize turbulence between administrations and help monitor costs and best practices over the long term.
President George W. Bush ordered concurrent development testing and production which meant problems have to be fixed while still on the assembly line in limited production rather than when all testing was complete.
There are 3 different support systems which I won't discuss that have slowed down the procurement process and increase the chances of too much fraud, waste and abuse not to mention undue influence or unanticipated cost over runs.
6 years ago, this plane was 7 years behind schedule and a 163 billion dollars over budget according to government accounting office.
The F-35 tells everything that's broken in the Pentagon
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Procurement and the Pentagon, a battle that will never end or get fixed.
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How much does the F-35 cost the Pentagon to maintain and sustain in an operational state in readiness for war?
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Maj Robert Thornton
I don't know if this answers the question fully,, but this aircraft seems to be a hole in the ground they keep pouring money into.
Buying one costs around $110 million a copy, nearly double the price of a Boeing 737-600 airliner. F-35s are also expensive to fly. Each hour in the air costs $44,000, more than twice the cost of the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Also, The F-35 is a hanger queen. As of January, the F-35 was still struggling to meet its goal mission-capable rate, which is the percentage of aircraft that can meet at least one assigned mission. Only 69 percent met the threshold, well short of the military's longstanding 80 percent goal. For some reason, Congress wants to buy hundreds more, and make our allies do the same. Not every ally is happy about it.
Buying one costs around $110 million a copy, nearly double the price of a Boeing 737-600 airliner. F-35s are also expensive to fly. Each hour in the air costs $44,000, more than twice the cost of the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Also, The F-35 is a hanger queen. As of January, the F-35 was still struggling to meet its goal mission-capable rate, which is the percentage of aircraft that can meet at least one assigned mission. Only 69 percent met the threshold, well short of the military's longstanding 80 percent goal. For some reason, Congress wants to buy hundreds more, and make our allies do the same. Not every ally is happy about it.
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